. Tom Turner's legacy. ob-ably not give him even a penny. Ten dollars is the least he could decently giveme/ thought Clarence. But he knew very wellthere was no chance of this. Then again he might withhold ten dollars forhis own services, but his uncle was of a suspiciousnature, and would immediately suspect wherethe money had gone. A watch would be set uponhim, and he would find it quite impossible tospend the money. Clarence walked slowly across the fields. Hewas longing for a chance to count the bills, andascertain whether there were really a hundreddollars in the roll. But he could not ven
. Tom Turner's legacy. ob-ably not give him even a penny. Ten dollars is the least he could decently giveme/ thought Clarence. But he knew very wellthere was no chance of this. Then again he might withhold ten dollars forhis own services, but his uncle was of a suspiciousnature, and would immediately suspect wherethe money had gone. A watch would be set uponhim, and he would find it quite impossible tospend the money. Clarence walked slowly across the fields. Hewas longing for a chance to count the bills, andascertain whether there were really a hundreddollars in the roll. But he could not venture todo this until he was in a safe place, secure frominterruption. As he was considering where tofind this spot, his eyes rested upon a dismantledbarn belonging to a farmhouse which had beenburned to the ground the year previous and neverrebuilt. It was twenty rods away, but he didntmind the distance. No one ever comes there, he will be just the right place. He reached the barn, and entering sat down. A STRANGE DISCOVERY. 115 on a milking stool which had been left he drew out the wallet and unrolled thebills. He did not notice that on the other side ofthe barn was a boy already mentioned in thisstory—Bob Ainsworth—a friend of Tom had a gun over his shoulder, and was on ahunting expedition. As he saw Clarence approaching the barn hesaid to himself, Whats up now, I wonder?What brings Clarence Kent to this old place ? Bob put his eye to a crevice in the side of thebarn, and secured a good view of the occupant. When the latter drew out the wallet and beganto count the bills, Bobs eyes distended with sur-prise and excitement. So Clarence was the thief after all! he saidto himself. And he was so active in accusingTom Turner. That boy is about as mean as theymake em. Quite unaware that there was any one withinhearing, Clarence counted aloud : Ten, twenty,thirty, forty—. Yes, the whole ten bills arethere. This is what I call a stroke of l
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