"I don't mean that I am
a Vanderbilt or an Astor, but my income is much greater than
I need to spend on myself."
A suit was readily found which fitted Luke as well as if it
had been made for him. It was of gray mixed cloth, made in
fashionable style.
"You may as well keep it on, Luke." Then to the shopman:
"Have you a nice suit of black cloth, and of the same size?"
"Yes, sir," answered the salesman, readily.
"He may as well have two while we are about it. As to the
old suit, it is too small, and we will leave it here to be
given away to some smaller boy."
Luke was quite overwhelmed by his new friend's munificence.
"I don't think mother will know me," he said, as he surveyed
himself in a long mirror.
"Then I will introduce you or give you a letter of introduction.
Have you a watch, Luke?"
"No, sir; you know I did not get the prize at the skating match."
"True; then I must remedy the deficiency."
They took the roadway stage down below the Astor House--
it was before the days of Jacob Sharp's horse railway--and got
out at Benedict's. There Mr. Reed made choice of a neat silver
watch, manufactured at Waltham, and bought a plated chain to
go with it.
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