"I am afraid Clapp isn't going to be a second Benjamin Franklin." "Who is ?" asked Clapp.
"Our young friend here," said the editor.
"Oh, is he ?" queried the other with a sneer.

"It'll be a great honor I'm sure, to have him in the office." "Come, no chaffing, Clapp," said Mr.Anderson.
Harry hastened to disclaim the charge, for Clapp's sneer affected him disagreeably.
"I admire Franklin," he said, "but there isn't much danger of my turning out a second edition of him." "Professional already, I see, Walton," said the editor.
"When shall I go to work, Mr.Anderson ?" "Whenever you are ready." "I am ready now." "You are prompt." "You won't be in such a hurry to go to work a week hence," said Clapp.
"I think I shall," said Harry.

"I am anxious to learn as fast as possible." "Oh, I forgot.

You want to become a second Franklin." "I sha'n't like him," thought our hero.

"He seems to try to make himself disagreeable." "Mr.Ferguson will give you some instruction, and set you to work," said his employer.
Harry was glad that it was from the older journeyman that he was to receive his first lesson, and not from the younger..