"
"But I'll tell you what, my young friend, I have a considerable
acquaintance among business men. If you will give me your address, I
may have something to communicate to you ere long."
"Thank you, sir."
Hector drew a card from his pocket, and added to it the number of
Mr. Ross' house.
"I am much obliged to you for your kind offer," he said.
"You don't look as if you stood in need of employment," said the
gentleman, noticing the fine material of which Hector's suit was
made.
"Appearances are sometimes deceitful," said Hector, half smiling.
"You must have been brought up in affluence," said Mr. Davidson, for
this was his name.
"Yes, sir, I was. Till recently I supposed myself rich."
"You shall tell me the story some time; now I must leave you."
"Well," thought Hector, as he made his way homeward, "I have had
adventures enough for one morning."
When Hector reached the house in Forty-second Street, he found
Walter just rising from his lessons.
"Well, Hector, what have you been doing?" asked Walter.
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