“Why not let me go to New York in your place,” suggested Jerry, quickly. It had always been the ambition of his life to pay a visit to the great metropolis.
“Well, I was kind of thinking of that, son,” returned the sick man, slowly. “I’ll see about it in a day or two.”
CHAPTER XXIII.
JERRY STARTS ON A JOURNEY.
Now that the matter had once been talked over, the young oarsman was very anxious to know all about the property in California, and his mother brought forth the deeds and other papers found in the old trunk.
The boy studied the documents with care. He knew but little of the law, yet he felt that if the land mentioned in the papers was valuable his father’s share, as heir to his uncle, must be considerable.
“I would like to ask Mr. Parker about this,” he said to his folks, but Mr. Upton shook his head. He was a very retired man and never brought his affairs to the ears of any outsider.