Part 2 (2/2)
CHAPTER III
A FALSE IDENTIFICATION
”Gone!”
That was the single hich dropped froraph office at Spruceville and hunted for thefor the e,--that could easily be rewritten,--but the letter was highly i it about his person, he coround An hour was spent in this manner, and then he returned slowly to the office
”I want to send a e to San Francisco, and I had a letter with ht,” he explained ”Will you send the e anyhow and collect at the other end? The e wanted it sent that way”
The telegraph operator mused for a moment Then he asked Earl who he was and where he lived, and finally said he guessed it would be all right
The ain written out, and tenjourney ard, by way of Boston The business finished, Earl thanked the operator and started on his return home
He was very er brother would think of hi careless after this,” he sighed, al is a coh: I remember the name of that Boston firm that is to provide us with our money--Bartwell & Stone
I had bettershadoere beginning to fall when Basco was again reached
On the main street of the little town Earl halted to thinkto let folks know that they wanted to sell out their household goods and their tools and other things? He eneral store
”Well, Portney, I heard you had been put off your place,” was the greeting received froeneral storekeeper
”We have not been put off--we are going to leave it, Mr Andrews”
”Oh! Where are you going?”
”To Alaska”
”Alaska? You ”
”No, sir My uncle, Foster Portney, has sent for Randy andto soold fields”
”Well, what about my bill?” asked the storekeeper, anxiously He was interested in but little outside of his business ”Of course that has got to be settled before you leave”
”We will pay up, never fear But ant to sell off all our stuff first Will you let me write out a notice to that effect and post it outside?”
”Yes, you can do that Going to sell off, eh? What have you got?”
Earl enumerated the various articles he and Randy had listed to sell
They were not of great value, and the storekeeper sht to bring thirty or forty dollars”