. Strong and steady; or, Paddle your own canoe . themoney. ^I shant ask him, said Joshua, shortly. Illgo without first. Dont you like him? No, I dont. Hes a mean fellow. Nichols was privately of the opinion that theterm described Joshua himself much more aptly, butdid not express his opinion. 146 STRONG AND STEADY; OR, CHAPTER XVI. JOSHUA TRIES KEEPING STORE. The more Joshua thought it over, the moreconvinced he was that a large sum of money waslikely to come to him through the lottery, if he couldonly manage to raise money enough to buy a the problem of how to get the necessary fiv
. Strong and steady; or, Paddle your own canoe . themoney. ^I shant ask him, said Joshua, shortly. Illgo without first. Dont you like him? No, I dont. Hes a mean fellow. Nichols was privately of the opinion that theterm described Joshua himself much more aptly, butdid not express his opinion. 146 STRONG AND STEADY; OR, CHAPTER XVI. JOSHUA TRIES KEEPING STORE. The more Joshua thought it over, the moreconvinced he was that a large sum of money waslikely to come to him through the lottery, if he couldonly manage to raise money enough to buy a the problem of how to get the necessary fivedollars he was as far as ever from solving. While in this state of mind he happened one dayto be in the store at noon, and alone. Nichols, thehead clerk, wished to go to dinner, and was onlywaiting for Walter to get back from an errand. I wish Walter would hurry up, he grumbled. My dinner will get cold. Til take your place till he gets back, , said Joshua, with extraordinary kindnessfor him. *Much obliged, Joshua, said the PADDLE YOUR OWIT CANOE. 147 Ill do as much for you another time. I dontthink youll have long to wait. Youd better hurry off, said Joshua. Idjust as lief wait as not. I never knew him so accommodating before,thought Nichols, with a feeling of surprise. He seized his hat and hurried away. No sooner had he gone than Joshua, after follow-ing him to the door, and looking carefully up anddown the street, walked behind the counter with ahasty step, and opened the monej^-drawer. There was a small pile of bills in one compart-ment, and in the other a collection of currency. Hetook the bills into his hand, and looked over hands trembled a little, for he contemplated adishonest act. Unable to obtain the money in anyother way, he meant to borrow (that was what hecalled it) five dollars from the money-drawer, andexpend it in a lottery ticket. Singling out a five-dollar bill from the pile, hethrust it into his vest-pocket. He had scarcely don
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