"Yes, sir; I expect to rough it, but if I could
only get a situation, at no matter what income,
I should feel encouraged."
"You have earned no money yet?"
"Yes, sir; I earned a dollar yesterday."
"At what kind of work?"
"Archery."
The little man looked surprised.
"Is that a business?" he asked, curiously.
"I'll explain how it was," and Carl told
about the contest.
"So you hit the mark?" said the little man,
significantly.
Somehow, there was something in the little
man's tone that put new courage into Carl,
and incited him to fresh effort.
"I wonder, sir," he said, after a pause, "that
you should be walking, when you can well afford
to ride."
The little man smiled.
"It is by advice of my physician," he said.
"He tells me I am getting too stout, and ought
to take more or less exercise in the open air.
So I am trying to follow his advice "
"Are you in business near here, sir?"
"At a large town six miles distant. I may
not walk all the way there, but I have a place
to call at near by, and thought I would avail
myself of the good chance offered to take a
little exercise. I feel repaid. I have made a
pleasant acquaintance."
"Thank you, sir."
"There is my card," and the little man took
out a business card, reading thus:
HENRY JENNINGS,
FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,
MILFORD.
"I manufacture my furniture in the country,"
he continued, "but I ship it by special ar-
rangements to a house in New York in which
I am also interested."
"Yes, sir, I see.
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