CHAPTER VIII
FRANK LOOKS FOR WORK
When Frank arrived home he found that his father had been given all the particulars of the conflagration by the other members of the family and by several neighbors who had dropped in to tell him the news and sympathize with him.
The exact origin of the fire was a mystery, but it was generally accepted as being due to the Fourth of July celebration.
“I hope you are insured, father,” said Frank, after the last of the neighbors had departed.
“I am insured, Frank, but I have forgotten the exact amount,” was the reply. “I want you to look over the papers for me.”
“The papers call for twenty-five hundred dollars on stock and two hundred dollars on fixtures,” said our hero, after a careful reading of the insurance papers, three in number.
“Then I am fully covered. The stock on hand did not amount to over eighteen hundred dollars.”
“Then for stock and fixtures you ought to get two thousand dollars.”
“Yes—if I can make the insurance companies toe the mark.”