"No; that is one of the things you are to find out for me."
"What else do you want me to find out?"
"Find out how many there are in family, also how they live; whether they have anything to live on except what this newsboy earns."
"All right, Uncle Thomas. You seem to have a great deal of interest in this boy."
"That is my business," said Browning, curtly. "If you wish to work for me, you must not show too much curiosity. Never mind what my motives are. Do you understand?"
"Certainly, Uncle Thomas. It shall be as you say. I suppose I am to be paid?"
"Yes. How much salary did you receive where you were last employed?"
"Ten dollars a week."
"You shall receive this sum for the present. It is very good pay for the small service required of you."
"All right, uncle."