"It won't do you any good to know that, either—he's dead and gone, too."
There was a pause, and the newsboy gave something like an inward groan. The revelation that Pepper had made was truly a shocking one, and the boy was so dazed and bewildered he could scarcely think. His father a burglar, and shot down while in the act of committing a robbery! What a degradation!
"I've told you all this for a purpose," went on the man. "Now I've got some more to tell you, if you'll promise to keep your mouth shut."
"What else is there?"
"Will you keep silent if I tell you?"
"Yes."
"And do you promise not to say a word of what I have just told you?"
"Why should I—it wouldn't be anything to my credit," answered Nelson.
"But I want you to promise."
"All right; I promise."