"Shoe-shop" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... employment in a shoe-shop as pegger. A few weeks sufficed to make him a good workman, and he was then able to earn three dollars a week and board. Out of this sum be hoped to save enough to pay the note held by Squire Green against his father, ...
— Risen from the Ranks - Harry Walton's Success • Horatio Alger, Jr.
... blacksmith's trade now, but I'm kind o' glad I learned it. I'm glad I didn't have my shoes on when I went into the water, though. Soaking isn't good for that kind of shoes. Don't I know? I've worked in every shoe-shop in Crofield, some. Didn't get any pay, except in shoes; but then I learned the trade, and that's something. I never had an opportunity to stay long in any one place, but I could stay in ...
— Crowded Out o' Crofield - or, The Boy who made his Way • William O. Stoddard |
