CHAPTER XXXV.
FLETCHER'S OPINION OF HARRY WALTON.
In two weeks all the business arrangements were completed, and Ferguson and Harry became joint proprietors of the "Centreville Gazette," the latter being sole editor.

The change was received with favor in the village, as Harry had, as editor pro tem.

for two months, shown his competence for the position.

It gave him prominence also in town, and, though only nineteen, he already was classed with the minister, the doctor and the lawyer.

It helped him also with the weekly papers to which he contributed in Boston, and his pay was once more raised, while his sketches were more frequently printed.