I went at once to see this man, and told him not
to hire my nephew again. A lady who kept a hotel offered me two
dollars a week for Lawrence's services in helping the cook and serving
in the help's dining-room. When the season closed, the lady who hired
Lawrence was very reluctant to let him go.
We went back to Newport to see the landlady from whom I had hired the
house, and I paid such part of the rent as I could. Then I packed my
things and started for Boston. On reaching there, I kept such of my
things as I needed, and stored the rest, and took a furnished room. In
about a week's time I went to see the husband of the lady for whom I
had worked at Wellesley Hills just previous to my departure for the
South. He had told me to let him know when I returned to Boston. He
said a man and his wife were at present employed at his farm, but he
didn't know how long they would stay. Before another week had passed,
this gentleman sent for me. He said his wife wanted me to go out to
the farm, and that I could have Lawrence with me. The boy, he said,
could help his wife with the poultry, and could have a chance to go to
school. I was promised three dollars and a half a week, and no washing
to do. I was told that the farm had been offered for sale, and of
course it might change hands any day.
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