CHAPTER XX. JED'S POOR PROSPECTS.
Jed walked around to the office of his friend Harry Bertram.
The telegraph operator noticed at once that he looked disturbed.
"What has happened, Jed?" he asked.
"I am discharged! That is all."
"Discharged? Who discharged you?"
"Miss Holbrook."
"What is her reason? What have you done?" asked Bertram, much surprised.
"I have done nothing, but she has discovered that I was brought up in the Scranton poorhouse," announced Jed despondently.
"As if that made you any the worse!" ejaculated Bertram indignantly.