Dean Dunham; Or, the Waterford Mystery

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Dean Dunham, by Horatio Alger
DEAN DUNHAM
DEAN HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH SQUIRE BATES.
DEAN FINDS A CLEW.
BY HORATIO ALGER, Jr. AUTHOR OF THE YOUNG ACROBAT, THE ERIE TRAIN BOY, ADVENTURES OF A TELEGRAPH BOY, ETC. PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY, PUBLISHER 610 South Washington Square
Copyright, 1888 By Frank A. Munsey Copyright, 1891 By United States Book Co. Copyright, 1900 By Street and Smith Dean Dunham

DEAN DUNHAM; OR, THE WATERFORD MYSTERY.
I've been looking forward to this day for weeks, Sarah, said Adin Dunham, as he rose from the breakfast-table on a certain Wednesday morning in the early part of June.
Why, father, what do you mean? asked Mrs. Dunham curiously.
Because to-day I am to receive a thousand dollars—a thousand dollars in hard cash, answered her husband in a tone of exultation.
Well, I declare! ejaculated his wife in amazement. Who on earth is going to give you a thousand dollars?