“Not much. If I don't find something to do in a week, I must go back to the country.”
“A week's a short time to find a place. But hold on! We want a boy in our store. I guess I could get you in.”
“What wages would I get?”
“Two dollars a week, to begin with.”
“I couldn't live on that, could I?”
“I guess not. Four dollars a week would be the least you could get boarded for.”
“Then it will be better for me to go home than to stay here, and get into debt.”
“Perhaps it would,” said Cornelius, who was afraid Herbert might want to borrow of him.
“Can't I get something better? How much do you get?”
“Ahem! only twenty dollars a week,” answered Mr. Dixon, who really got about half that.