Making His Mark

HE TOOK HIM IN HIS ARMS
HORATIO ALGER, Jr.
Author of The Odds Against Him,
The Young Boatman, etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT L. MASON
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA MCMIII
Copyright 1901 by The Penn Publishing Company
MAKING HIS MARK
Gerald Lane rose from the breakfast table and was about to leave the room, when his stepmother addressed him:
Stop a minute, Gerald, I have something to say to you.
Mrs. Lane was a thin woman, rather above the usual height, with a prominent nose and thin lips. It was easy to see that she was not Gerald's mother. He was a strong, well-made boy, with red cheeks and a pleasant face, but his expression at this moment was grave and sad.