“I hope you don’t think I wanted to rob the house,” said Tony.
No; I don’t believe you’re a bit like him. What makes you go with him?”
“I won’t any more.”
“He isn’t your father?”
“No; I don’t know who my father is.”
“That’s strange,” said Abner, who had seen but little of the world. Everyone that he knew had a father, and
knew who that father was. He could not realize that anyone could have an experience like Tony’s.
I wish I did know my father,” said Tony, thoughtfully. “I’m alone in the world now.”
“What do you mean to do?”
“I’ll go off by myself to-morrow, away from Rudolph. I never want to see him again.”