"It is as well as I can do."
"No, it isn't; why don't you go into a store? We want a boy in our store."
"Do you?"
"We do."
"How much do you pay?"
"We pay from two to four dollars a week."
"Can't you get me the place?" asked Harry, now much interested in his companion.
"Well, yes; perhaps I can."
"What should I have to do?"
"Make the fires, sweep out in the morning, go on errands, and such work. Boys must begin at the foot of the ladder. I began at the foot of the ladder," answered Mr. Flint, with an immense self-sufficiency, which Harry, however, failed to notice.