Now I will pay you the dollar I borrowed of you when I went away." "You didn't borrow it of me." "But I shall pay it." Mrs.Bright was astonished at this unexpected and gratifying result.
If she had discovered a gold mine in the cellar of the little black house, it could not have afforded her so much satisfaction; for this money was the reward of her son's talent and energy.

Her own earnings scarcely ever amounted to more than three or four dollars a week, and Bobby, a boy of thirteen, had come home with fifteen for five days' work.

She could scarcely believe the evidence other own senses, and she ceased to wonder that he talked big.
It was nearly ten o'clock when the widow and her son went to bed, so deeply were they interested in discussing our hero's affairs.

He had intended to call upon Squire Lee that night, but the time passed away so rapidly that he was obliged to defer it till the next day.
After breakfast the following morning, he hastened to pay the intended visit.

There was a tumult of strange emotions in his bosom as he knocked at the squire's door.