BY
HORATIO ALGER, JR.
Author of
Brave and Bold, Bound to Rise, Risen from the Ranks, Erie Train
Boy, Paul, the Peddler, Phil, the Fiddler,
Young Acrobat, Etc.
Made in U. S. A.
M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY
CHICAGO :: NEW YORK
“Where are you goin’, Julius? Where’s yer blackin’ box?” asked PatrickRiley.
“I’ve retired from business,” said Julius.
“Did yer rich uncle die, and leave yer a fortune?”
“No, but he’s goin’ up the river to Sing Sing, for the benefit of hisconstitushun, and I’m goin’ West fer my health.”
“Goin’ West? You’re gassin’.”
“No, I ain’t, I’m goin’ in a few days, along of Mr. O’Connor, and a lotof other chaps.”
“Is it far out there?” asked Pat.
“More’n a hundred miles,” said Julius, whose ideas of geography anddistances were rather vague.
“Yer don’t mean ter live out there?”
“Yes, I do, I’m goin’ on to a farm, or into a store, and grow uprespectable.”
“Won’t yer miss the city, Juliu