When Alex goes to talk to Mr. Jones with a smile, we can infer from the passage that he will plead with Mr Jones to Jay for a while in place of him.
Based on the information given in the passage, we known that Jay is Alex's friend and he needs job because he want money to buy his mom a birthday present.
Also, Alex has a job of helping Mr. Jones deliver papers every day. Alex wants to help his friend but cannot give money and Jay cannot be employed by Mr Jones since Mr Jones needs only one person.
There is only one thing Alex can do, which is given up his job for Jay for a while.
Thus, when Alex goes to talk to Mr. Jones with a smile, we can infer from the passage that he will plead with Mr Jones to Jay for a while in place of him.
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