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? ? ? ? "Thank you, I wish you would. I live only fifteen or twenty miles distant," said Graves, "but I don't often come to the city, and am not much acquainted. I keep a dry-goods store, but my partner generally comes here to buy goods. By the way, perhaps you can help me about the errand that calls me here today."
? ? ? ? "I will, sir, if I can," said Frank, politely.
? ? ? ? "My youngest clerk has just left me, and I want to find a successor--a boy about your age, say. Do you know any one who would like such a position?"
? ? ? ? "I am out of employment myself just now. Do you think I will suit?"
? ? ? ? "I think you will," said Mr. Graves.
? ? ? ? "You won't object to go into the country?"
? ? ? ? "No, sir."
? ? ? ? "I will give you five dollars a week and your board for the present. If you suit me, your pay will be raised at the end of six months. Will that be satisfactory?" asked his companion.
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