? ? ? ? "Can't you make them think so, Thomas?"
? ? ? ? "I don't know."
? ? ? ? "Then make it your business to find out."
? ? ? ? "I suppose you know what good it's going to do, aunt, but I don't. He's got his place here with the old man."
? ? ? ? "If Mr. Wharton hears that he is discharged, and has lost his situation, he will probably discharge him, too."
? ? ? ? "Perhaps so; I suppose you know best."
? ? ? ? "Do as I tell you, and I will manage the rest."
? ? ? ? "All right. I need your help enough. To-night, for instance, I'm regularly cleaned out. Haven't got but twenty-five cents to my name."
? ? ? ? "It seems to me, Thomas," said his aunt, with a troubled look, "you are always out of money. I'll give you five dollars, Thomas, but you must remember that I am not made of money. My wages are small."
? ? ? ? "You ought to have a good nest-egg laid aside, aunt."
? ? ? ? "I've got something, Thomas, and when I die, it'll be yours.
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