what a wholesale painter is, unless it's one who paints houses." 

"I shouldn't like that," said the little boy. 

"Then, Jimmy, you'd better be a retail painter." 

"I guess I will," said Jimmy, seriously. 

Thus far we have accompanied Paul Hoffman in his career.  He is
considerably better off than when we met him peddling prize
packages in front of the post office.  But we have reason to
believe that greater success awaits him.  He will figure in the
next two volumes of this series, more particularly in the second,
to be called "Slow and Sure; or, From the Sidewalk to the Shop."
Before this appears, however, I propose to describe the
adventures of a friend and protegee of Paul's--under the title of
PHIL THE FIDDLER; OR, THE YOUNG STREET MUSICIAN.
[Which will be our next Etext, after the Unabridged Dictionary] 

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