[The Boy Trapper by Harry Castlemon]@TWC D-Link bookThe Boy Trapper CHAPTER IV 15/23
You ought to have paid the money into David's own hands, or else satisfied yourselves that he wanted it paid to some one else.
Among business men it is customary, in such cases, to send a written order.
You must pay David, and this time be sure that he gets the money." "Whew!" whistled Don, who was very much surprised by this decision. "That will make a big hole in the money I was saving for Christmas; but David needs it more than I do, and besides it belongs to him. What shall we do to Godfrey and Dan? They obtained those ten dollars under false pretences, did they not ?" "I don't know whether a lawyer could make a case out of that or not," said the General, with a laugh.
"I am afraid he couldn't, so you will have to stand the loss.
Perhaps you will learn something by it." "I am quite sure that I have learned something already," replied Don. "But now about Dan and Lester.
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