It was a fact that Bundle was severely punished.
“All the boys on the street saw me get a whipping,” said Bundle, “and I don’t like it.”
The boys were assured that all would come out right in the end. “You just wait until we hear from the advertisement we put in the papers,” said the president.
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The boys were soon playing upon the street.
A prominent clothier saw the notice of the boy finding the money and his desire to seek the owner. He wrote the president: “If you will send that honest boy to me I will present him with the best suit of clothes in my store.”
The mother accompanied Bundle to the store and not only did he receive a new suit of clothes but an overcoat as well.