? ? ? ? Several days passed without showing Frank any way by which he could increase his income. Jasper again offered to give him two dollars a week out of his own wages, but this our hero steadily refused.
? ? ? ? One Friday evening, just as the store was about to close, the head salesman called Frank to him.
? ? ? ? "Where do you live?" he asked.
? ? ? ? "In Sixth avenue, near Twenty-fifth street."
? ? ? ? "There's a bundle to go to Forty-sixth street. I'll pay your fare upon the stage if you'll carry it. I promised to send it to-night, and I don't like to disappoint the lady."
? ? ? ? "I can carry it just as well as not."
? ? ? ? Frank took the bundle, and got on board a passing omnibus. There was just one seat vacant beside an old gentleman of seventy, who appeared to be quite feeble.
? ? ? ? At Forty-fifth street he pulled the strap and prepared to descend, leaning heavily on his cane as he did so. By some mischance the horses started a little too soon and the old man, losing his footing, fell in the street.
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