Making His Mark

by Jr. Horatio Alger

"Oh, my gracious! I didn't think he was such a man!"

"Can you open the door? Have you a key?"

"Yes, but it is the key of my own room. I don't think it will fit."

"Try it, won't you?" asked Gerald, anxiously.

The key was thrust into the lock, but it would not open it.

"No, it won't fit," said the woman.

This was discouraging.

"Won't you ask the landlady to open the door?" asked the young prisoner. "Probably she has a key that will open it."

There was a step heard on the stairs.

"Oh, Mr. Brown," said the woman, "will your key open the door of this room?"