“That is creditable to you. By the way, are you hungry?”
“I haven’t broken my fast since morning.”
“You will find some cold meat and a loaf of bread in the cupboard. It is plain, but if you are hungry you will enjoy it.”
“Thank you, sir. I will accept your kind invitation.”
Tom Burns was really hungry, and he did justice to the food offered him.
When his lunch was over he came outside.
“Thank you,” he said, “for your kindness.”
“Out here we are always glad to give a meal of victuals to a stranger who needs it. Are you going to stay long in Oreville?”
“If I can get anything to do I may. You see I am a poor man, and stand in pressing need of employment.”
“Keep up your courage! Something will turn up for you. I will ask my son if he cannot find something for you to do.”