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? ? ? ? The next morning Jefferson Pettigrew told the other boarders that Louis Wheeler had had a sudden call East, and it was not for a week that he revealed to them the real reason of Wheeler's departure.
? ? ? ? Rodney had reason to be satisfied with his position as landlord of the Miners' Rest. His pay was large, and enabled him to put away a good sum every month, but his hours were long and he was too closely confined for a boy of his age. At the end of three months he showed this in his appearance. His good friend Pettigrew saw it and said one day, "Rodney, you are looking fagged out. You need a change."
? ? ? ? "Does that mean that you are going to discharge me?" asked Rodney, with a smile.
? ? ? ? "It means that I am going to give you a vacation."
? ? ? ? "But what can I do if I take a vacation? I should not like lounging around Oreville with nothing to do."
? ? ? ? "Such a vacation would do you no good. I'll tell you the plan I have for you. I own a small mine in Babcock, about fifty miles north of Oreville. I will send you up to examine it, and make a report to me.
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