CHAPTER XV.
DEAN MEETS AN ADVENTUROUS YOUNG MAN.
Adin Dunham and his wife were surprised and dazzled by the brilliant prospects of their nephew.
"Did this Mr. Kirby really agree to pay you twenty-five dollars a month, Dean?" asked the carpenter.
"Yes, uncle, and he asked if it would be satisfactory."
"It seems strange," mused Adin. "Why, when I was your age I was workin' for fifty cents a week and my board."
"I get board, too, Uncle Adin."
"It's a great offer. And you're a stranger to him too."
"Yes; he took me on Squire Bates's recommendation."
"I should have thought he'd have wanted the place for his own boy."