cigar-vender

Updated: July 9, 2025

The next day, when Mills, led by Frank, was on his round, the two entered a cigar-store. Frank was much surprised when the cigar-vender handed him a fifty-cent currency note. He thought there was some mistake. "Thank you, sir," he said; "but did you mean to give me fifty cents?" "Yes," said the cigar-vender, laughing; "but I wouldn't have done it, if it had been good." "Isn't it good?"

Horatio Alger - The Telegraph Boy