Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio Alger
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another hunt for the missing box. The entire day was spent in the
search, but without results. Towards night, Joe went down to the lake. Here he caught a couple of small fish, which he fried for his supper. All told, Joe had exactly a dollar and a half of his own and nine dollars which he had found in the hermit's pocketbook. "Ten dollars and a half," he mused, as he counted the amount over. "Not very much to go out into the world with. If I want to do anything in town I'll have to buy some clothes." From this it will be surmised that Joe was thinking of giving up his roving life around the lake and mountains, and this was true. Hunting and fishing appealed to him only in an uncertain way, and he longed to go forth into the busy world and make something of himself. He had two suits of clothing, but both were very much worn, and so were his shoes and his cap. Hiram Bodley had left some old clothing, but they were too big for the boy. "I guess I'll get Jasok the peddler to come up here and make me an offer for what is here," he told himself. Jasok was a Hebrew peddler who drove around through the lake region, selling tinware and doing all sorts of trading. It was time for him to visit that neighborhood and Joe went to the nearest house on the main road and asked about the man. "He will most likely be along to-morrow, Joe," said the neighbor. |
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