"What do you intend to do?"
"I don't know yet."
"Your poor father intended that you should enter the High School this fall; but I suppose that cannot be. Captain Littleton said he would get you a place where you could have two or three dollars a week."
"I must make more than that, mother," replied Paul, shaking his head.
"You must not be too ambitious. If you get two or three dollars a week, you will do very well, and that sum will be a great help to me."
"You heard what father said to me in his last moments?" said Paul, with solemn earnestness. "He told me to take care of my mother and of my brothers and sisters, and I mean to do so."
"But he never had a thought that you could earn money enough to support the whole of us. You are a good boy, Paul, but you must not try to do too much."
"If we can live on five dollars a week, I am almost sure I can earn that."
"That is a good deal for a boy like you."