. Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography : with a narrative of his public life and services. first they refused it, on account of my having row-ed ; but I insisted on their taking it. Man is some-times more generous when he has little money thanwhen he has plenty, perhaps to prevent his beingthought to have but little. 40 LIFE OF FRANKLIN. CHAPTER IL I WALKED toward the top of the street, gazingabout till near Market-street, where I met a boywith bread. I liad often made a meal of dry bread,and, inquiring where he had bought it, I went im-mediately to the bakers he directed me to. I ask-ed for b
. Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography : with a narrative of his public life and services. first they refused it, on account of my having row-ed ; but I insisted on their taking it. Man is some-times more generous when he has little money thanwhen he has plenty, perhaps to prevent his beingthought to have but little. 40 LIFE OF FRANKLIN. CHAPTER IL I WALKED toward the top of the street, gazingabout till near Market-street, where I met a boywith bread. I liad often made a meal of dry bread,and, inquiring where he had bought it, I went im-mediately to the bakers he directed me to. I ask-ed for biscuits, meaning such as we had at Boston;that sort, it seems, was not made in then asked for a three-penny loaf, and was toldthey had none. Not knowing the different prices,nor the names of the different sorts of bread, I toldhim to give me three-penny worth of any sort. Hegave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I wassurprised at the quantity, but took it, and, having noroom in my pockets, walked off with a roll undereach arm, and eating the other. Thus I went up.
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