"Yes; I'll just look in and say good-by. Now I must go home and get
ready."
"Well, Ferguson," said Mr. Andersen, after Clapp's departure, "that
is rather sudden."
"So I think."
"How can we get along with only two hands?"
"Very well, sir. I'm willing to work a little longer, and Harry here
is a pretty quick compositor now. The fact is, there isn't enough
work for three."
"Then you think I needn't hire another journeyman?"
"No."
"If you both work harder I must increase your wages, and then I shall
save money."
"I sha'n't object to that," said Ferguson, smiling.
"Nor I," said Harry.
"I was intending at any rate to raise Harry's wages, as I find he
does nearly as much as a journeyman. Hereafter I will give you five
dollars a week besides your board."
"Oh, thank you, sir!" said Harry, overjoyed at his good fortune.
"As for you, Ferguson, if you will give me an hour more daily, I will
add three dollars a week to your pay."
"Thank you, sir. I think I can afford now to give Mrs. Ferguson the
new bonnet she was asking for this morning."
"I don't want to overwork you two, but if that arrangement proves
satisfactory, we will continue it."
"I suppose you will be buying your wife a new bonnet too; eh, Harry?"
said Ferguson.
"I may buy myself a new hat. Luke Harrison turned up his nose at my
old one the other day.
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