"Still, I can't say that he has treated me unkindly." "Do you suspect that your stepfather has wronged you in the matter of the property ?" "I would rather not answer that question, sir.

I might wrong Mr.
Manning, and I have no proof to offer." "I understand you, and I applaud your discretion.

It does you credit.
Some time or other the mystery may be cleared up, and the wrong, if there is one, may be righted.

I can't understand, however, how this Mr.
Manning should be willing to leave you dependent upon your own exertions with such a scanty provision as twenty-five dollars a quarter." "I didn't ask for any more; and, besides, Mr.Manning offered to take me to Europe with his son Mark." "Do you think that he was sincere in the offer ?" "I don't think he expected me to accept it, and I am sure that it would have been very disagreeable to Mark to have me in the party." "Have you any objections to telling me how you have succeeded in your efforts to make a living ?" asked the old gentleman, with a keen but kindly glance.
"I have been disappointed, sir," was the candid reply.
"I am not surprised to hear it.

A boy brought up as you have been cannot rough it like a farmer's son or a street boy." "I think I could, sir; but I should not like to." "Precisely.