2012年3月22日星期四

And yet you worked harder

  "I didn't make my fortune, Bennie. Including the morning papers, I only made sixty cents."   "That seems a good deal to me, Luke," said his mother. "I only made twenty-five. They pay such small prices for making shirts."   "I should think they did. And yet you worked harder and more steadily than I did."   "I have worked since morning, probably about eight hours."   "Then you have made only three cents an hour. What a shame!"   "If I had a sewing-machine, I could do more, but that is beyond our means."   "I hope soon to be able to get you one, mother. I can pay something down and the rest on installments."   "That would be quite a relief, Luke."   "If you had a sewing-machine, perhaps I could help you," suggested Bennie.  

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