Something dropped from it.
"What is that?" asked the postmaster.
Ben stooped and picked it up, and, to his surprise, discovered that it was a ten-dollar bill.
"That's a correspondent worth having," said Mr. Brown jocosely. "Can't you give me a letter of introduction?"
Ben didn't answer, for he was by this time deep the letter. We will look over his shoulder and read it with him. It ran thus:
"No. —— Madison Avenue,
New York, October 5.
"My Dear Young Friend:
"Will you come to New York and call upon me? I have a very pleasant
remembrance of you and the service you did me recently, and think I
can employ you in other ways, to our mutual advantage. I am willing
to pay you a higher salary than you are receiving in your country
home, besides providing you with a home in my own house. I inclose
ten dollars for expenses. Yours, with best wishes,
"Helen Hamilton"
Ben's heart beat with joyful excitement as he read this letter. It could not have come at a better time, for, as we know, he was out of employment, and, of course, earning nothing.
"Well, Ben," said the postmaster, whose curiosity was excited, is it good news?"
"I should say it was," said Ben emphatically. "I am offered a good situation in New York."
"You don't say so! How much are offered?"