My wages in the tin mill were seven dollars a day.

A week in the mill would have brought me more than a month's pay in the city office.

But I hoped the clerkship would lead to something better.
One incident that happened while I was city clerk I have already related.

The city attorney almost sent a man to jail because he couldn't understand the lawyer's questions.

I put the lawyer's language into simpler words, and the man then understood and quickly cleared himself of the charge against him.