“I have found it very interesting,” answered Grant.
“Do you think you shall like the business?”
“Yes, sir, I think so.”
“Better than if you had been able to carry out your original plan, and go to college?”
“Yes, sir, under the circumstances, for I have a better prospect of helping the family.”
“That feeling does you credit. Have you any brothers and sisters?”
“One of each, sir.”
“I have but one boy, now nine years old. I am sorry to say he is not strong in body, though very bright and quick, mentally. I wish he were more fond of play and would spend less time in reading and study.”
“I don't think that is a common complaint among boys, sir.”
“No, I judge not from my own remembrance and observation. My wife is dead, and I am such a busy man that I am not able to give my boy as much attention as I wish I could. My boy's health is the more important to me because I have no other child.”