Again Dick Prescott turned out to be an excellent business man.

Dick was most courteous, but he refuted all of Mr.Titmouse's claims for extra payment, in the end even such a money-grubber as Mr.Newbegin Titmouse gave up the effort to extort more money for the use of his wagon than was his due.

He even used his lantern to light the boys through the dark side alley to the street where the trolley car ran.
Two or three times after this Dick and his friends heard from Tom Drake.

That young workman never repeated his earlier error.
In time he paid for his home, then began the saving of money for other purposes.

To-day Drake owns his own machine shop and is highly prosperous.
Old Reuben Hinman lingered many days between life and death.
At last he recovered, and in time was discharged from the hospital.
However, his first attempts to run the peddler's wagon again revealed the fact that the peddler's days on the road were over.