" If he did, then you may know
you have found the right person. Now about yourself, your future. What
are your ideas?'
"'Oh! sir, if I could only earn enough to support me and get into the
City Academy, I should be the happiest boy alive. But it is so hard to
get a permit. I know I am quite far enough advanced to be able to keep
up with the boys. I could live on bread alone to be able to acquire
knowledge,' said the boy, with great earnestness.
"'I am thankful, my young friend, I can now find a way to serve you. I
am one of the directors of that institution. You shall be entered, and
obtain all the advantages it offers.
"'I see you are a proud boy and must feel that you are earning your
living. Come here to me every morning before, and after school has
closed in the afternoons. I wish you to take care of my office, and
keep my things in perfect order for me. What say you to this, and then
getting your meals with us?'
"Oh! what joy was in that hitherto sorrowful heart.
"Words could not express it; but clasping the doctor's hands, he
pressed them to his heart, and pointed upward.
"His friend knew how grateful he was, and how very happy he had made
him.
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