CHAPTER VIII. WALTER MAKES A REVELATION.
Walter did not anticipate a very pleasant walk with Joshua. The little he had seen of that young man did not prepossess him in his favor. However, having no other way of spending his time, he had no objection to the walk.
"That's the old man's store just across the street," said Joshua, as they emerged from the house.
"Your father's?"
"Of course. Don't you see the name on the sign?" Walter did see it, but never having been accustomed to speak of his own father as "the old man," he was not quite sure he apprehended Joshua's meaning.
"You were an only child, weren't you?" said Joshua.
"Yes," said Walter, soberly.
