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Alger, Horatio, Jr.

"The Cash Boy"


? ? ? ? "I mean what I say," he asserted. "I am away all day, and nothing is easier than to open my trunk and put articles in, in order to throw suspicion on me."


? ? ? ? "Look here, you rascal!" said John Wade, roughly. "I shall treat you better than you deserve. I won't give you over to the police out of regard for my uncle, but you must leave this house and never set foot in it again. It will be the worse for you if you do."


? ? ? ? John Wade and the housekeeper left the room, and our hero was left to realize the misfortune which had overwhelmed him.


? ? ? ? Frank arose at an early hour the next morning and left the house. It was necessary for him to find a new home at once in order to be at the store in time. He bought a copy of the Sun and turned to the advertising columns. He saw a cheap room advertised near the one he had formerly occupied. Finding his way there he rang the bell.


? ? ? ? The door was opened by a slatternly-looking woman, who looked as if she had just got up.


? ? ? ? "I see by the Sun you have a room to let," said Frank.


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