"Peggy says I'm goin' on eight," answered the match boy.
"That is the right age," thought Mark.
"Have you always lived in Chicago?" he continued.
"No, sir; Peggy brought me from St. Louis when I was a very little child."
"I suppose you don't remember much about St. Louis?"
"I don't remember it at all."
"What does Peggy do for a living?"
Jack shrugged his shoulders.
"Nothing much," he answered; "she says she isn't well enough to work."
"Surely she does not depend wholly upon what you earn?"