“You are sure of that?”
“Yes, sir, he told me so expressly.”
“If he were here I would close the bargain.”
“You can do so now. I have authority to sell,” said our hero, in a tone of pardonable importance.
“Indeed! You are quite a man of business of your age. However, if you have authority for selling, you may make out a bill, and I will send round my check.”
“Very well, sir.”
Harry did as requested, and the stranger, expressing himself satisfied, departed.
Previous to Mr. Fairchild’s departure, he gave Harry permission to write home if he desired it. Our hero decided to avail himself of this permission, being anxious to apprize his mother of his position, and the circumstances in which he found himself. Writing immediately after the important business transaction just mentioned, he may be pardoned if his letter is somewhat sanguine, and confident in its tone.
This is what he wrote:—