"Certainly I am. I have a first-class position, with a promise of advancement, so it would be sheer foolishness for me to give it up."
"Ma said you were with a real estate man."
"Yes."
"That can't pay much."
"It pays very well."
"How much?"
"Ten dollars a week, at present. But I am to get more soon."
"You don't mean to say they pay you ten dollars a week," cried Fred.
"That is my regular salary."
"Then I'm going to the city to-morrow," said Fred, decidedly.