CHAPTER XIV.
DEAN IS ENGAGED AS PRIVATE SECRETARY.
"Brandon," said his father, "I would like to have you call at Adin Dunham's with a note."
Brandon frowned. He did not fancy being employed as an errand boy.
"Can't you get somebody else?" he asked. "I wouldn't mind going to any other place, but I don't like to go there on an errand."
"Perhaps that will overcome your objections," said his father, producing a silver dollar.
"Thank you, papa, I'll go," said Brandon with alacrity, for he was always in want of money. "Who is the note for?"
"For the boy—Dean."
"Oh!"