? ? ? ? "Well," said Dr. Sampson, "have you read your letter?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir."
? ? ? ? "Your guardian wrote to me also. This is his letter," and he placed the brief epistle in Rodney's hands.
? ? ? ? Dr. Sampson--I have written my ward, Rodney Ropes, an important letter which he will show you. The news which it contains will make it necessary for him to leave school. I inclose a check for one hundred and twenty five dollars. Keep whatever is due you, and give him the balance.
Benjamin Fielding.
? ? ? ? "I have read the letter, but I don't know what it means," said Dr. Sampson. "Can you throw any light upon it?"
? ? ? ? "Here is my letter, doctor. You can read it for yourself."
? ? ? ? Dr. Sampson's face changed as he read Rodney's letter. It changed and hardened, and his expression became quite different from that to which Rodney had been accustomed.
? ? ? ? "This is a bad business, Ropes," said the doctor in a hard tone.
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