"I'll be even with you some day, you young cub!" he exclaimed.
"Not if I can help it," thought Walter; but he did not answer in words.
He was rather gratified to hear the next day that Jack had been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. He felt some pity, however, for Meg, who might have been a good woman if she had been married to a different man.
CHAPTER XXXVI. JOSHUA BIDS GOOD-BY TO STAPLETON.
Leaving Walter busily engaged in selling books, we will glance at the Drummond household, and inquire how the members of that interesting family fared after Walter's departure.
Joshua's discontent increased daily. He was now eighteen, and his father absolutely refused to increase his allowance of twenty-five cents a week, which was certainly ridiculously small for a boy of his age.
"If you want money you must work for it," he said.
"How much will you give me if I will go into your store?" asked Joshua.