This would double his income, and enable him to save up money. At
present this was hardly possible. His own earnings had been, and were
likely to continue, very fluctuating.
Still, they constituted the main support of the family. His mother made
shirts for an establishment on Broadway at twenty-five cents each, which
was more than some establishments paid. She could hardly average more
than one shirt a day, in addition to her household work, and in order
to accomplish this, even, she was obliged to work very steadily all day.
Jimmy, of course, earned nothing. Not that he was too young. There were
plenty of little newsboys who were as small as he--perhaps smaller.
I have seen boys, who did not appear to be more than four years old,
standing at the corners, crying the news in their childish treble. But
Paul was not willing to have Jimmy sent out into the streets to undergo
the rough discipline of street life. He was himself of a strong, robust
nature, and did not shrink from the rough and tumble of life. He felt
sure he could make his way, and give as well as receive blows. But Jimmy
was shy and retiring, of a timid, shrinking nature, who would suffer
from what would only exhilarate Paul, and brace him for the contest.
So it was understood that Jimmy was to get an education, studying at
present at home with his mother, who had received a good education, and
that Mrs.
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