“Is it possible that I am worth seven thousand dollars? It seems wonderful!”
“But the best of it is that it is true. Then was there not a sum of money which you received for saving a railroad train?”
“Yes, I have used part of it, but one hundred and fifty dollars remain. It is in the hands of a Mr. Conway, president of the road.”
“Then it appears to me, Harry, taken in connection with your offer of employment in New York, you are in a very enviable position. How old are you?”
“I shall soon be seventeen.”
“Then you are beginning the world young. Continue to deserve good fortune, and you are likely to prosper.”
Before returning to New York Harry felt inclined to visit his would-be guardian, John Fox, whose treatment of him has been recorded at length in “Facing the World.”
He took the train, as before, to Bolton, and thence went by stage to Colebrook. He walked to the Fox mansion, and going up to the front door knocked.
The door was opened by Mrs. Fox herself. She did not immediately recognise Harry in his handsome suit, with a gold chain crossing his vest, attached, it may be added, to a handsome gold watch, which he had bought in New York.
“What is your business, young man?” she asked.