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Alger, Horatio, Jr.

"The Cash Boy"

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? ? ? ? "You are a villain!" said Frank.


? ? ? ? "Look here, boy," said Graves, in a different tone, his face darkening, "you had better not talk in that way. I advise you to eat your dinner and be quiet. Some supper will be brought to you before night."


? ? ? ? So saying, he abruptly closed the slide, and descended the stairs, leaving Frank to his reflections, which it may be supposed, were not of the pleasantest character.


? ? ? ? Frank did not allow his unpleasant situation to take away his appetite, and though he was fully determined to make the earliest possible attempt to escape, he was sensible enough first to eat the food which his jailer had brought him.


? ? ? ? His lunch dispatched, he began at once to revolve plans of escape.


? ? ? ? There were three windows in the room, two on the front of the house, the other at the side.


? ? ? ? He tried one after another, but the result was the same. All were so fastened that it was quite impossible to raise them.


? ? ? ? Feeling that he could probably escape through one of the windows when he pleased, though at the cost of considerable trouble, Frank did not trouble himself much, or allow himself to feel unhappy.


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