"Next Monday."
"All right, sir; I'll be on hand."
"Where are you boarding?"
"At the Ohio Hotel."
"How much board do you pay?"
"Ten dollars a week."
"That is too much. You ought to get board in a private house for four. Between now and Monday, I advise you to look up some decent house that will answer your purpose. You can't expect to live luxuriously at first."
"I ain't used to first-class accommodations," said Tom.
"I see you are a sensible boy. Cut your coat according to your cloth. That is a good maxim. When you get older, you can live better. Now, about your salary. I can't give much at first, or my other clerks might complain. I will give you five dollars, the same that I pay to my youngest clerk."
"Maurice Walton?"