Roger, with a smiling face, sought Grandma and Berty on the veranda at the back of the house. “He’ll be all right in a day or two.”
“Yes, it is the shock that has upset him more than the wounds,” said Berty. “The burglars only wanted to silence him.”
“Grandma, do you know the bank is going to discharge every man-Jack but Bonny?” said Roger.
Grandma’s eyes sparkled, then she became thoughtful.
“What, all those old fellows?” exclaimed Berty.
“Bonny won’t stay,” said Grandma, quietly. “He would feel like a prig.”
“I am going to take him in the iron works with me,” said Roger. “I won’t be denied. He will make a first-class business man.”
“Under your tuition,” said Grandma, with a proud look at him.
“Hush,” said Berty, “the newsboys are calling an extra.”