"That means an errand boy, doesn't it?" inquired Brown, shrewdly.
"Yes," said Sam, not disturbed by being found out.
"How much did you receive for your services in New York?"
"Five dollars a week," answered Sam, telling the truth, by way of variety.
"I am afraid it would be hard to get that in Boston. Are you not fit for anything better?"
"I am afraid not," said Sam. "The fact is, I don't know much."
"In other words, your education has been neglected."
"Yes, it has."
"That's in your way. If you wrote a good hand, and were good at figures, you might perhaps do better than become an errand boy, though even then it is doubtful whether you could obtain more than five dollars a week."
"I don't see how I can live on that," said Sam, "even if I could get it."