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Alger, Horatio, Jr.

"The Cash Boy"

What information he sought he preferred to obtain from the housekeeper.


? ? ? ? "He seemed surprised, as if he had seen me some where before, and recognized me," thought Frank, "but I don't remember him. If I had seen his face before, I think I should remember it."


? ? ? ? "Don't come out, uncle." said John Wade, when summoned to tea by the housekeeper. "Mrs. Bradley and I are going to have a chat by ourselves, and I will soon return."


? ? ? ? "You are looking thin, Mr. John," said Mrs Bradley.


? ? ? ? "Am I thinner than usual? I never was very corpulent, you know. How is my uncle's health? He says he is well."


? ? ? ? "He is pretty well, but he isn't as young as he was."


? ? ? ? "I think he looks older," said John. "But that is not surprising--at his age. He is seventy, isn't he?"


? ? ? ? "Not quite. He is sixty-nine."


? ? ? ? "His father died at seventy-one."


? ? ? ? "Yes."


? ? ? ? "But that is no reason why my uncle should not live till eighty.


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