I am offered a position." "Not in the store ?" "No; it is in New York." "In New York!" repeated his mother, in a troubled voice.

"It would cost you all you could make to pay your board in some cheap boarding house.

If it were really going to be for your own good, I might consent to part with you, but--" "Read that letter, mother," said Ben.

"You will see that I shall have an elegant home and a salary besides.

It is a chance in a thousand." Mrs.Barclay read the letter carefully.
"Can I go, mother ?" Ben asked anxiously.
"It will be a sacrifice for me to part with you," returned his mother slowly; "but I agree with you that it is a rare chance, and I should be doing wrong to stand in the way of your good fortune.