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He walked steadily over to the door, pushed it open and entered the small compartment of the head official of the bank, under the president. "Please close the door again, Richard," said Mr. Goodwyn, solemnly. Why, it sounded like a funeral, and the cashier looked as though he might be taken for the chief mourner; as for Mr.
Hollister came into the bank to get a bill changed, and there was no one to attend to him but Mr. Goodwyn, who had to come out of his room for a minute and count out a lot of small change." "Yes, yes, I see, leaving Graylock there during that time; go on, Richard," said the teller, suddenly beginning to show signs of excitement, as the idea Dick was advancing gradually began to take hold on him.
Goodwyn, Dick and the merchant, there had been no one in the bank while the transaction was going on. "You are quite positive about that, Richard you three were the only ones in the building during that noon half-hour, you say not another soul about?" he continued to say, watching the boy keenly. "Except Mr. Hollister, sir," replied Dick.
Being quick to learn, it did not take Dick long to grasp the scope of his new duties, and by the end of the second week he had gained the good will of every person connected with the bank, from the president down to the porter with one single exception. This was Ross Goodwyn, the cashier.
If that man doesn't get to be a millionaire it will be because he is so small he makes mistakes that a larger grained man never would. That is the law of compensation, my boy. And I hate to say it, but Graylock ended up by warning Mr. Goodwyn that if he were in his shoes he would keep a sharp eye on a boy who had had no father these many years to train him right.
Winslow in the morning. Let us forget this trouble to-night, and only talk about the wonderful fortune that has come to you. I want to take that letter from the lawyer with me to-morrow to show Mr. Goodwyn. You see if he heard we had come suddenly into some money he might think it looked very suspicious." She laughed at that.
It appeared that he had mentioned something to Mr. Goodwyn pertaining to a matter that Dick would be apt to know about; which of course had resulted in the boy being called upon to explain.
"Who's this boy, Payson?" he asked, frowning at Dick. "I think you know me, Mr. Goodwyn; I am Mrs. Morrison's son. I have been in to see you several times on business," returned Dick, calmly. "But what are you doing inside the railing now?" continued the cashier. "Mr. Gibbs has given him the place of the messenger boy, Charles, Mr.
He looked at Dick as he said those last words, but the boy did not quail in the least, his calm eyes meeting those of the nervous cashier steadily. "Innocent, or hardened, which," was what was passing through the mind of Mr. Goodwyn, as he noted this unflinching behavior of the suspected youth. "Do you wish to ask me anything more, sir?"
Bishop Sanderson found it necessary to oppose this policy of Virginia which had met the denunciation of Goodwyn. In strongly emphasizing this duty of masters, Bishop Fleetwood moved the hearts of many planters of North Carolina to allow missionaries access to their slaves. Many of them were thereafter instructed and baptized.
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