e a thunderbolt from a clear sky. The minute before he was in
I do?" he
cer. "One thing is clear-you can'
the village where we found him at the commencement of our story. Even if he were able to go back, he felt he would be ashamed to report the loss of hi
go back if I cou
et hold of the man th
he very man passed him and was about to cross the gangplank into the steame
ed when he recognized Joe, but h
t, Johnny?" he a
? I want my fif
what you are t
ticket for fifty doll
e it back and gi
be crazy," sai
that ticket?" in
him before
aken, boy?" ask
This is th
siness here?" as
I've taken a steerage
it
ight.
n board the steamer. Our hero, provoked, wa
! You have
ht his ticket
id the officer. "It may be
mistaken,"
ce-that is, if you think you c
ail for San Francisco on the Columbus. Perhaps he would make his fortune there, wh
f it in this world, so far as his experience went, and it really seemed as if dishonesty were the best polic
ere see a policeman, for he wanted to punish the scoundrel to whom he owed his unhappi
im, and he decided that he might as well remain and see the
rd. Trunks arrived and were conveyed on board; passengers, ac
of larger means than the great majority of the passengers,
y you are not going with me. I sha
inted, Charlie, but dut
arming sickness has br
of course yo
, in a few weeks, I will com
to, Dick. By the way,
nless the company will give
ught to
tiff about it. I would sell
s and his hea
orward, and
ell it to m
ooked, in surprise, at the poorly
o go to Califo
Joe. "I am very
to offer a hundred do
ut I can't p
ect to be able t
earned the mone
hought befo
t I should go. I came down here and found that the ticket I had bou
ick Scudder indignantly. "Do yo
on board t
oney have y
dol
re not afraid to land in
shall go to
turning to his friend,
e this boy into your s
ptly. "He looks like a good boy
he other. "My boy,
Mas
pay it to my friend, Charles Folsom. Now, I advise you both to be getting aboard, as it is nearly ti
u!" said Joe gratefully. "G
ank, the officer, recogn
I tell you you couldn't g
y ticket,"
aimed the officer, in amazem
it," ans
nia, after all!" thoug
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