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Mary finished the first week--or half week--in the employ of the Wapatomac National Bank on Saturday at noon. And, for the first time in her life, she experienced the sensation of what Bennie Jackson called "being paid off." It was a distinctly pleasant sensation, even though the sum she received was far from large. Cahoon handed her her envelope with a quizzical smile upon his kindly old face.
-"Something new for you, I guess, Miss Brewster," he observed. "My end of it is for me, certainly. I never expected to have the honor of paying one of your family a salary. How does it seem to belong to the working class?"