“Is that so?” said Mr, Haxall, reflectively, and looking at Myles with renewed interest. “It might be made very useful, that’s a fact. Well, I’ll strain a point and try him.”
VAN CLEEF SAID SOMETHING TO THE CITY EDITOR IN A LOW TONE. (Page [30].)
Then to Myles he said:
“Still, we are always on the lookout for bright, steady young fellows who mean business. So if you want to come, and will report here at sharp eleven o’clock to-morrow morning, I will take you on trial till next Saturday and pay you at the rate of fifteen dollars per week.”
CHAPTER III.
THE OLD GENTLEMAN OF THE OXYGEN.