[Joe’s Luck by Horatio Alger, Jr.]@TWC D-Link bookJoe’s Luck CHAPTER XXXIX 4/7
"It's lucky for me that I fell in with him.
It brought me luck, too, for we went into partnership together." "Have you brought home five thousand dollars, too ?" asked Watson. "I've got about the same as Joe, and now I'm going home to marry Susan Smith if she'll have me." "She'll marry a rich miner, Mr.Bickford.
You needn't be concerned about that." "I feel pretty easy in mind," said Joshua. "How soon do you sail ?" "When does the next steamer go ?" "In six days." "I guess it'll carry me." Watson turned to Joe. "I suppose you will now take charge of your own business ?" said lie. "I am ready to hand over my trust at any minute." "Would you object to retaining charge for--say for four months to come ?" asked Joe. "Object? I should be delighted to do it.
I couldn't expect to make as much money any other way." "You see, Mr.Watson, I am thinking of going home myself on a visit. I feel that I can afford it, and I should like to see my old friends and acquaintances under my new and improved circumstances." Watson was evidently elated at the prospect of continued employment of so remunerative a character. "You may depend upon it that your interests are safe in my hands," said he.
"I will carry on the business as if it were my own. Indeed, it will be for my interest to do so." "I don't doubt it, Mr.Watson.
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