Brave and Bold - The Fortunes of Robert Rushton by Horatio Alger
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"Still, you mustn't trifle with it. Do you remember, Robert," added his mother, soberly, "it is just two years to-day since your poor father left us for Boston to take command of his ship?" "So it is, mother; I had forgotten it." "I little thought then that I should never see him again!" and Mrs. Rushton sighed. "It is strange we have never heard anything of the ship." "Not so strange, Robert. It must have gone down when no other vessel was in sight." "I wish we knew the particulars, mother. Sometimes I think father may have escaped from the ship in a boat, and may be still alive." "I used to think it possible, Robert; but I have given up all hopes of it. Two years have passed, and if your father were alive, we should have seen him or heard from him ere this." "I am afraid you are right. There's one thing I can't help thinking of, mother," said Robert, thoughtfully. "How is it that father left no property? He received a good salary, did he not?" "Yes; he had received a good salary for several years." "He did not spend the whole of it, did he?" |
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