Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 150: what you’re looking at

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GUY HAMMERSLEY. 141 those qualities which Guy possessed in an eminent degree, and he very soon ‘‘ got into the swing of it,” as Bert expressed it. It was exceedingly pleasant work too, for escorting parties through houses to show off the premises broke the monotony of the day, and was the means of making Guy acquainted, even though it might be but fora brief hour, with some very agreeable people. Altogether it seemed as if our hero’s evil star had sunk below the horizon and for a week or two there was nothing to molest him but news from the West. This came from two sources, his mother and Ward Farleigh. The former had now her boy with her, as her proofs had been sufficient to convince Judge Dodge that she had the best claim upon him. Mrs. Hammersley was enraptured of course to regain pos- session of her son, but wrote that she felt grieved that she was compelled to take him away from such a luxurious home as he had had with the judge to offer him only the meager substitute of life upon the road. ‘‘And Heaven alone knows how long I may be able to depend upon this,” she wrote. ‘‘ Things are going from bad to worse with the Starr Concert Company. The audiences seem large enough, but one time itis a papered house, another a thieving treasurer, and the latest a flooding with counterfeit money. Any way, whatever the reason, my eighth, as well as Miss Farleigh’s, amounts to but three dol- lars or sometimes not that, for each performance. We have protested, and Ward has even threatened to leave, but it does no good. Law is expensive and GEomicboo CS (E(@) m —