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I ai n't troubled with a delicate appetite , ` specially when I 've been up and at work for two hours . '' `` Did you make much , Tom ? '' `` Well , I ai n't made my fortune yet . I 've earned thirty cents , but I 'll make it up to a dollar before noon . '' `` You 're a good boy , Tom , '' said the old man , approvingly . `` Do n't be afraid of work ; I 'd work , too , if I was n't so old . It costs a sight to live , and I do n't earn a cent . ''