? ? ? ? "Will you?" exclaimed Mike, his face showing pleasure. "I'd like to see how I look in good clo'es. I never wore any yet. It wouldn't do no good in my business."
? ? ? ? "You won't want to wear them when at work. But wouldn't you like to change your business?"
? ? ? ? "Yes."
? ? ? ? "Have you ever tried?"
? ? ? ? "What'd be the use of tryin'? They'd know I was a bootblack in these clo'es."
? ? ? ? "When you wear a better suit you can go round and try your luck."
? ? ? ? "I'd like to," said Mike wistfully. "I don't want you to tell at the store that you room with a bootblack."
? ? ? ? "It isn't that I think of, Mike. I want you to do better. I'm going to make a man of you."
? ? ? ? "I hope you are. Sometimes I've thought I'd have to be a bootblack always. When do you think you'll get the clo'es?"
? ? ? ? "I shall write to the principal of the boarding school at once, asking him to forward my trunk by express.
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