? ? ? ? "Where have you worked before?" he asked.
? ? ? ? "At Otis Goodnow's, on Reade Street."
? ? ? ? "How much were you paid there?"
? ? ? ? "Seven dollars a week."
? ? ? ? "Very well, we will start you on that salary, and see if you earn it."
? ? ? ? Rodney was surprised and relieved to find that he was not asked for a recommendation from Mr. Goodnow, knowing that he could not obtain one. He went to work on a Monday morning, and found his duties congenial and satisfactory.
? ? ? ? Seven dollars a week was small, compared with what he had received as a tutor, but he had about two hundred and fifty dollars in the Union Dime Savings Bank and drew three dollars from this fund every week in order that he might still assist Mike, whose earnings were small.
? ? ? ? One of his new acquaintances in the store was James Hicks, a boy about a year older than himself.
? ? ? ? "Didn't you use to work at Otis Goodnow's?" asked James one day when they were going to lunch.
? ? ? ? "Yes."
? ? ? ? "I know a boy employed there. He is older than either of us.
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