? ? ? ? "Yes, sir, it does. I pay fifty cents a week for my room, and my meals don't cost me much."
? ? ? ? "But you will want clothes."
? ? ? ? "I have enough for the present, and I am laying up fifty cents a week to buy more when I need them."
? ? ? ? "You can't buy many for twenty-six dollars a year. But that doesn't allow anything for your sister's expenses."
? ? ? ? "That is what puzzles me, sir," said Frank, fixing a troubled glance upon the fire. "I shall have to work in the evenings for Grace."
? ? ? ? "What can you do?"
? ? ? ? "I could copy, but I suppose there isn't much chance of getting copying to do."
? ? ? ? "Then you have a good handwriting?"
? ? ? ? "Pretty fair, sir."
? ? ? ? "Let me see a specimen. There are pen and ink on the table, and here is a sheet of paper."
? ? ? ? Frank seated himself at the table, and wrote his name on the paper.
? ? ? ? "Very good," said his host, approvingly.
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