“Are you going to live in New York?”
“Yes,” said Joshua. “I’m going to get a place in a store.”
“You are in a store already, Sam?” said Mr. Draper to Joshua’s companion.
“Yes, sir. I am in a store on Eighth avenue.”
“Do you like being in the city?”
“Oh, yes; I wouldn’t go back to the country for anything.”
“I am glad I met you both. I will tell your father I met you, Joshua.”
This proposal was not agreeable to Joshua, for obvious reasons; but, of course, he did not dare to say so.
“When are you going back to Stapleton?” he asked, faintly.
“To-morrow night.”