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Show The Artless Boy. The boy bowed politely to the grocer. gro-cer. "I understand," he said, "that yore, want, a boy, sir. Will you kindly look me over." "I only pay $3," said the grocer, abruptly. ab-ruptly. "I understood," said the boy, "that you paid four." The grocer nodded. "1 did pay four," he said, "until I saw in the paper the other day that Millionaire Rogers began his business career on $3 a week." The boy smiled. "But I don't expect to be a millionaire," million-aire," he said. "I don't' care to be rich I'd much rather be good." The grocer was so much pleased with this artless reply that he compromised com-promised with the boy for three an a half. |