"All right Ma, gather up his clothes and get them washed, and have him
ready," said Peter.
"I thought maybe you'd take me in the car and sort of look around with
me," said Junior.
"I don't see how I am going to do it, with both our work piled on me,"
said Peter. "And besides, I'm a farmer born and bred; I wouldn't have the
first idea about how to get a boy a job in the city or what he ought to do
or have. Mickey is on to all that; he'll go with you, won't you Mickey?"
"Sure!" said Mickey. "And you can save a lot by using my room. It is high,
but it's clean"--Junior scowled but Mickey proceeded calmly--"and while it
gets hot in the daytime, if you open the door at night, and push the bed
before the window, it soon cools off, while very hottest times I always
take to the fire-escape. It's nice and cool there."
"Of course! That will be the ticket," said Peter heartily. "A boy starting
with everything to learn couldn't expect to earn much, and when you
haven't Ma and me to depend on for your board you'll be glad to have the
bed free.
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