ted appearance of his uncle and guardian, that

n't you?" continued Abner Balberry, wit

answered Nat, tr

on. You're a-goin' back with

ing back, U

ha

Nat, desperately. "You don't treat me half dec

ack. Nice doin's, I must say! What did y

own the

s wot

wn any barn. Is th

e I put out

was

ow well

a word about i

the bar

ev

' you've got

ause you worked me to death, and because you wouldn't let me have m

back," snarl

d himself from his uncle's grasp. Then he st

Stop thet boy. I'm his guardian,

crowd of a dozen men and boys were in pursuit

gth to his flying feet. He was accused of setting fire to the ba

he muttered. "I mus

him growing steadily larger. Some thought they were after a thief

around a corner to a thoroughfare leading down to the docks. This threw t

he boy came to a halt. Not far off was

t go to?" he asked o

t for Buffalo,"

n does s

ing ready to

f the dock, and up the gangplank with all speed. A moment later the gang

ad just left. It was not long before he beheld Abner Balberry and several others, on the dock, gazin

e dock had faded from view. "In another minu

ch the boat, didn't you?" rema

answe

Buffalo,

es

sit to th

es

I can tell you. Of course you'll

thought

now. The trolley cars run from

to go up and look at the

d so walked away from the man. Finding a secluded corner of the

the barn filled him with alarm. Certainly, the building m

lf. Up to the present time he had forgotten about seeing that

urbed in mind he would have enjoyed the trip on Lake Erie tho

e mused. "When I get to New York, I'll have to take

reached. But the boy thought the craft one of the best on the lake, and wandered over her from end to end

paying over his money. "I've got to live cheaper after this, or

n on arriving at Cleveland. He followed the crowd up from the dock to one of the main

ars!" was his mental comment. "It's

d so looked around for a cheap lodging house. Soon he found a place w

" he said to the

he money was passed over, the clerk cont

peated Nat. "Yo

if you wish, and

them on me," an

self on the fifth story of the building. Here was a

134," said the atte

eping. They were not pleasant-appearing individu

ought Nat. "But it's che

his clothing under his pillow, and stowe

cupied the next cot on the left. He was a seedy in

ought this man, who was known among h

undly throughout the night, and contin

to the sleeping boy's side. Making certain that nobody was watching him, the f

lief that they would be quite secure, had placed in a pocket of his shir

f, and placing the bills in his own pocket,