e a thunderbolt from a clear sky. The minute before he was in

I do?" he

cer. "One thing is clear-you can'

the village where we found him at the commencement of our story. Even if he were able to go back, he felt he would be ashamed to report the loss of hi

go back if I cou

et hold of the man th

he very man passed him and was about to cross the gangplank into the steame

ed when he recognized Joe, but h

t, Johnny?" he a

? I want my fif

what you are t

ticket for fifty doll

e it back and gi

be crazy," sai

that ticket?" in

him before

aken, boy?" ask

This is th

siness here?" as

I've taken a steerage

it

ight.

n board the steamer. Our hero, provoked, wa

! You have

ht his ticket

id the officer. "It may be

mistaken,"

ce-that is, if you think you c

ail for San Francisco on the Columbus. Perhaps he would make his fortune there, wh

f it in this world, so far as his experience went, and it really seemed as if dishonesty were the best polic

ere see a policeman, for he wanted to punish the scoundrel to whom he owed his unhappi

im, and he decided that he might as well remain and see the

rd. Trunks arrived and were conveyed on board; passengers, ac

of larger means than the great majority of the passengers,

y you are not going with me. I sha

inted, Charlie, but dut

arming sickness has br

of course yo

, in a few weeks, I will com

to, Dick. By the way,

nless the company will give

ught to

tiff about it. I would sell

s and his hea

orward, and

ell it to m

ooked, in surprise, at the poorly

o go to Califo

Joe. "I am very

to offer a hundred do

ut I can't p

ect to be able t

earned the mone

hought befo

t I should go. I came down here and found that the ticket I had bou

ick Scudder indignantly. "Do yo

on board t

oney have y

dol

re not afraid to land in

shall go to

turning to his friend,

e this boy into your s

ptly. "He looks like a good boy

he other. "My boy,

Mas

pay it to my friend, Charles Folsom. Now, I advise you both to be getting aboard, as it is nearly ti

u!" said Joe gratefully. "G

ank, the officer, recogn

I tell you you couldn't g

y ticket,"

aimed the officer, in amazem

it," ans

nia, after all!" thoug