CHAPTER XXXV.
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE
On the next day the bindery was opened as usual, but Mr. Islen did not appear, having gone to Philadelphia. Jerry worked throughout the day, wondering what Alexander Slocum had thought and done after he had discovered the escape. Little did the young oarsman dream of what the real estate dealer was then doing.
Our hero was proving himself to be skillful at the work assigned to him and the foreman often praised him.
“You’ll be worth a raise in wages,” he said. “I never saw a boy take hold as you do.”
Jerry never delayed after the day’s work was over. He washed up, put on his coat, and hurried forth to his boarding place.
When Jerry reached the house he found little Dottie on the stoop, with Tommy in her arms. Tommy was crying for something to eat, and the little girl was having her hands full with him.
“Where is Miss Nellie?” asked our hero in surprise.