The Telegraph Boy

pays would procure a neat house in a country town, with perhaps a little land beside; but the city has a mysterious fascination for the poorer classes, and year aft

nged into a dark entrance, admonishing Frank to follow. Up creak

from the rapidity of his ascent, and bega

tleman lives?" asked Frank,

an to look at," said Dick,

ch might have been "Come in." At any rate, Dick

n the corner was a low bedstead, on which lay a tall man, with a long, gray beard, and a disagreeable, almost repuls

d querulously. "I was aslee

Mr. Mills," said Dick;

ve with me?" demanded the

I black boots in th

t any money to pay

ou had. I hear you

e the slip. I expect he's robbed me

want a n

I'm very poor. I don't thi

outside. But I've got a boy with me who has just come to the

e? Let him spea

agh," said our hero, in

ld are

fte

what your dut

ck has t

go round on a collecting tour

ll have to buy my gro

cting that this would be much more agreeable t

" queried the bl

ndignant flush, "I never

e blind man, with a sneer. "They all do;

, you needn't hire me,"

t I am not afraid. If you take any of my money

Frank," said Dick

nd man, suspiciously. "What

to mind the way yo

will lend you

ghing. "I'm dead-broke. Haven'

e blind man; "but this boy may

rank, proudly, "you'd bet

e. Wait a minute, and I'

et a roll of scrip, a

be enough," said Frank.

isn't a quarter

s,

you say,-

y five ce

t twent

s,

and mind you

s,

to bring back

rank indignantly, resentin

, Frank?" asked Dick, as

said Frank, decidedly. "I wish

you have no capital you must

I didn't come to

e it you can leav

ved to do at the first

he was commissioned to purchase; and Frank, afte

his pocket. Then he made Frank pour out the ale into a glass.

"You can cut the bread, and eat tw

himself, and then requested Frank to

to collect some, or I shall starve. It's a sad thing t

said Frank, thoughtful

y. "I cannot see. When I go out I clos

n descended the stairs, an