But how can you be away from your place so long?
Did Mr.Stewart give you a vacation ?" "No, aunt; I left him." "For good ?" "Yes." "Left a place where you was gettin' a thousand dollars a year!" said the old lady in accents of strong disapproval.
"Yes, aunt." "Then I think you was very foolish," said Deborah with emphasis.
"Perhaps you won't, when you know why I left it." "Why did you ?" "Because I could do better." "Better than a thousand dollars a year!" said Deborah with surprise.
"Yes, I am offered two thousand dollars in San Francisco." "You don't say!" ejaculated Deborah, letting her stocking drop in sheer amazement.
"Yes, I do.

It's a positive fact." "You must be a smart clerk!" "Well, it isn't for me to say," said Ferdinand, laughing.
"When be you goin' out ?" "In a week, but I thought I must come and bid you good-by first." "I'm real glad to see you, Ferdinand," said Aunt Deborah, the more warmly because she considered him so prosperous that she would have no call to help him.

But here she was destined to find herself mistaken..