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Alger, Horatio, Jr.

"The Cash Boy"

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? ? ? ? "I must tell you of my adventure," said Frank.


? ? ? ? "I came across the very man whom I most dreaded-- the man who made me a prisoner."


? ? ? ? "Since he knows that you have escaped, he is probably on your track," said Mrs. Parker. "It will be hardly safe for you to go to Mr. Wharton's."


? ? ? ? "Why?"


? ? ? ? "He will probably think you likely to go there, and be lying in wait somewhere about."


? ? ? ? "But I must go to Mr. Wharton," said Frank. "I must tell him this story."


? ? ? ? "It will be safer to write."


? ? ? ? "The housekeeper, Mrs. Bradley, or John Wade, will get hold of the letter and suppress it. I don't want to put them on their guard."


? ? ? ? "You are right. It is necessary to be cautious."


? ? ? ? "You see I am obliged to call on my grandfather, that is, on Mr. Wharton."


? ? ? ? "I can think of a better plan."


? ? ? ? "What is it?"


? ? ? ? "Go to a respectable lawyer.


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