money to better advantage than upon you."

"Then, if you will not do that," said Eben, sullenly, "I will leave
you to suggest a plan."

"There is only one plan I can think of, Eben. Go back to your old
place in the store. I will dismiss the Carr boy, and you can attend
to the post office, and do the store work."

"What, go back to tending a country grocery, after being a salesman
in a city store!" exclaimed Eben, disdainfully.

"Yes, it seems the only thing you have left. It's your own fault
that you are not still a salesman in the city."

Eben took the cigar from his mouth, and thought rapidly.

"Well," he said, after a pause, "if I agree to do this, what will
you pay me?"

"What will I pay you?"

"Yes, will you pay me ten dollars a week--the same as I got at
Hanbury & Deane's?"

"Ten dollars a week!" ejaculated Ebenezer, "I don't get any more
than that myself."

"I guess there's a little mistake in your calculations, father,"
said Eben, significantly. "If you don't make at least forty dollars