The Rover Boys in Business - Or, The search for the missing bonds by Edward Stratemeyer
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"How did you make out?" asked the younger Rover. And then Tom gave the
particulars of what had occurred. "Oh, Tom, I am glad you said what you did," cried Grace, heartily. "Now, maybe, Miss Harrow will be more careful in her actions." "Well, I simply said what I thought," answered Tom. "They are not going to lay anything at Nellie's door if I can help it." "Oh, Tom, but you told them that-- that And Nellie grew red and could not go on. "Well, what if I did? It's the truth, isn't it?" "What was that?" asked Sam, curiously. "Why, I told them that Nellie and I had been friends for years and that, sooner or later, we were going to be married." "You did!" shrieked Grace. "Oh, Tom Rover!" "Folks might as well know it," returned Tom. "They've got to know it when the affair comes off." "Don't you think it's about time you boys started back for college?" came from Nellie, who was blushing deeply over the personal turn which the conversation had taken. "Oh, there's no great rush," answered Tom, coolly. |
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