The paper came out six days a week, and since the price of papers back then was only ten cents each, it added up to sixty cents a week for home delivery. Timmy said that most people would give him three quarters and tell him to keep the change, which gave him a tip of fifteen cents a week on top of the twenty-five cents which he was paid by the publisher for delivering the paper. A couple of real nice customers like Mrs. Crane would give him a dollar, but of course that cheapskate Mr. Bradley would count out exactly sixty cents, usually in pennies, and almost always paid a couple of weeks late. All in all, though, Timmy said, he usually raked in about twelve bucks a week profit, which seemed like a fortune to me at the time.
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