Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 187: what you’re looking at

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178 GUY HAMMERSLEY. CHAPTER XXVII. LONE POINT. Tr may readily be believed that the three boys found much to chat about that night before they finally fell asleep. “Talk about your fairy stories and tales from the ‘Arabian Nights!’” said Ward. “The idea that a boy of ten should be able to earn three times as much money as a chap seven years older seems utterly preposterous.” Be this as it might, it was a most fascinating possi- briity to the person most intimately concerned, and Har- old woke up the next morning in such boundless good spirits that he roused his two companions by opening hostilities in a pillow fight. He calmed down, however, when he reached the theater with Guy, and became very business-like, Shepard was there to receive them and took the boy off at once to a tailor’s to have him measured for his suits. . “This rehearsal will be an all-day job, with a rest for lunch,’ Shepard told Guy at parting. “Tl take Harold home with me at noon for that, so you needn’t bother about him. Will deliver him to you | Gomichbooks co