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Alger, Horatio, Jr.

"The Cash Boy"

He was about opposite Twenty-eighth Street, when he came face to face with the subject of his thoughts.


? ? ? ? "Where are you going?" John Wade demanded sternly.


? ? ? ? "I don't know that I am bound to answer your question," answered Frank, quietly, "but I have no objection. I am going to Thirty-ninth Street with this bundle."


? ? ? ? "Hark you, boy! I have something to say to you," continued John Wade, harshly. "You have had the impudence to write to my uncle."


? ? ? ? "What did he say?"


? ? ? ? "Nothing that you would like to hear. He looks upon you as a thief."


? ? ? ? "You have slandered me to him, Mr. Wade," he said, angrily. "You might be in better business than accusingly a poor boy falsely."


? ? ? ? "Hark you, young man! I have had enough of your impudence. I will give you a bit of advice, which you will do well to follow. Leave this city for a place where you are not known, or I may feel disposed to shut you up on a charge of theft."


? ? ? ? "I shall not leave the city, Mr.


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