XXVI.
A BOGUS SCHEME.
"I'm thinking of going to England with you," said Ralph to Benjamin, one day in October, 1724.
"You don't mean it."
"I do mean it. I am thinking seriously of going."
"I shall be delighted to have your company, but the news is almost too good to be true," continued Benjamin.
"I have been looking the matter over ever since you told me that you expected to go; and now it is settled in my own mind that I shall go."
"Going out for your employer?"
"No, going out to establish a correspondence, if possible, and arrange to obtain goods to sell on commission."
"That is a capital scheme, it seems to me, Ralph. I think you can establish a good business with your tact and experience. You'll have to hurry up; for I expect that Captain Annis will sail in three weeks." Benjamin's words showed his gladness that one of his intimate companions would accompany him.