Finally, Mr.Houghton, out of admiration for his persistence and pluck, made a place for him, which had been occupied by a boy, for $5 a week.
Young Mifflin took hold of the work with such earnestness, and showed so much pluck and determination, that Mr.Houghton soon called him into the office and raised his pay to $9 a week from the time he began.

Although the young man lived in Boston, he was always at the Riverside Press in Cambridge early in the morning, and would frequently remain after all the others had gone.

Mr.Houghton happened to go in late one night, after everybody had gone, as he supposed, and was surprised to find Mr.
Mifflin there, taking one of the presses apart.

Of course such a young man would be advanced.

These are the boys who become the heads of firms.
It is victory after victory with the soldier, lesson after lesson with the scholar, blow after blow with the laborer, crop after crop with the farmer, picture after picture with the painter, and mile after mile with the traveler, that secures what all so much desire--SUCCESS.
Stick to the thing and carry it through.