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willing to lean. It will be hard, up-hill | work, my friend—I will not attempt to | conceal the fact—harder for you than for many others, because you have never done ‘any work 3 but I know that it will pay in the end, if you will stick to it and do your } best.” “T shall do that, sir, for Lhave made up my mind, and will not tun back now,” said Walter, resolutely. “That is well. And now about the terms. I can't promise you very much _ to hein with—not even as much as Mr Edmund Carpenter offered you. The first three months you will receive a dollar and a half x day and your board. Mr Wayland will take you into bis family, if that will be agreeable to you. The next three months you will receive moro, if you earn it, and so on; your wages will be gauged according | to your ability. How do these arrange ments strike your? Walter in earnest though} for a few minutes. The outlook was certainly not a very tempting one. Seven dollars and a half a week seemed very little to him. How often he had spent double that to gratify a mere whim, or uprn some pleasure ! But he was no longer the protcye of a rich man; he had nothing now in the world but his own energy and hands to depend_upon, and he had no right to be dissatisfied with what he felt sure must be a fair offer to one who knew absolutely nothing regarding the business he was about to attempt. At last he looked up and met Mr Conant’s eye with a, resolute expression. ‘“<T cannot say that the work is exactly to my taste,” he said, ‘‘ but I shall do as you recommend, and I wiil endeavour to make the most of my opportunity ; buti——,, Well, speak out, my young friend,” said Mr Conant, encouragingly. comidbookss.com a aa 2 os