8/9 Have you thought better of coming to saw wood for father ?" "No; I have thought worse of it," answered Ben, smiling. Poor and proud don't agree." "Not at all. I would have had no objection to the work. It was the pay I didn't like." "You can't earn more than forty cents a day at anything else." "You are mistaken. I am going to New York to-morrow to take a place, where I get board and considerable more money besides." "Is that true ?" asked Tom, looking as if he had lost his best friend. |