“I’ll do it,” said Jack. He took the newspaper and spread it out on the kitchen table under the latticed window. “Let’s see—what do you want?”
“Go right through, if you please.”
“‘Messrs. Hampton will sell by auction this day that desirable——’”
“No, Jack, I’m not going to stand that.”
“‘Tenders are invited for new offices.’”
“That’s hardly in my way.”
“‘Three thousand gentlemen’s cast-off suits, overcoats, boots——’”
“No, I shouldn’t know what to do with them all.”
“‘Electrical engineering. A vacancy for an articled pupil.’”