? ? ? ? "Perhaps it is, but my poor nephew receives a very small salary. He finds it very hard to get along."
? ? ? ? "Your nephew is young. He will be promoted if he serves his employers well."
? ? ? ? "Thomas would have been glad to read to you in the evening, sir," said Mrs. Bradley, commencing the attack.
? ? ? ? "But for my present engagement, I might have taken him," said Mr. Wharton, politely.
? ? ? ? "Have you engaged that boy for any length of time?"
? ? ? ? "No; but it is understood that he will stay while I need him, and he continues to suit me. I have a favorable opinion of him. Besides, he needs the pay. He receives but three dollars a week as a cash-boy, and has a sister to support as well as himself."
? ? ? ? "I am sorry," she said in an injured tone. "I hope you'll excuse my mentioning it, but I took the liberty, having been for twenty years in your employ."
? ? ? ? "To be sure! You were quite right," said her employer, kindly.
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