"You think as much of a cent as most people do of a dollar," said Joshua, bitterly. "Two dollars isn't much for the son of a rich man."
"I have already told you that I am not rich."
"You can't help being rich," said Joshua, "for you don't spend any money."
"I've heard enough of your impudence," said his father, angrily. "If you can get more wages than I offer you, you are at liberty to engage anywhere else."
"Tom Burton gets a dollar and a quarter a day for pegging shoes," said Joshua. "He dresses twice as well as I do."
"He has to pay his board out of it."
"He only pays three dollars a week, and that leaves him four dollars and a half clear."
"So you consider Tom Burton better off than you are?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll make you an offer. I'll get you a place in a shoe-shop, and let you have all you earn over and above three dollars a week, which you can pay for your board."