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And he turned his back on the boy and walked away. Richard told Frank where he was to meet Pep, and added that if the stolen letters were forthcoming he would take them to Doc Linyard's before returning to the Massanets'. At six o'clock the two quitted the store together and walked over to the Bowery. Pep was already waiting for Richard.
"Oh, yees." So it was arranged that he should become a boarder at the Massanets', and having this settled took quite a load from his mind. Now if he could only do his work well for Williams & Mann, he would be all right, and have every chance of eventually attaining the object of his metropolitan venture.
Tom Clover was removed with the greatest of care, the garret room was locked up, and Pep, like one in a dream, went off with his newly-found uncle. It was nearly sundown when the two boys reached the Massanets' again. "How long you've been!" exclaimed Mattie, who let them in. "And we've had quite an adventure," replied her brother. "Ees zat so?" put in Mrs. Massanet. "You must tell ett, Francois."
"Thank you; I'll wait a day or two yet, and see if something doesn't turn up." It was not yet eight o'clock when Richard, after having a bit of lunch, left the restaurant to return to the Massanets'. Feeling that it was early yet, and having a desire to do some "window gazing," he did not go up the Bowery, but strolled up Broadway instead.
"So would I. Besides, it's healthy exercise," returned the boy. The Massanets occupied the second floor of a modest little flat of six rooms. It was a cheerful home, and Mrs. Massanet, a pleasant, middle-aged Frenchwoman, greeted Richard cordially. "You are indeed welcome, Mistair Dare," she said, with a beaming face. "Francois have tole me everything of you, and I feel as eef I know you long."
In a week Richard felt quite at home, both in the stock-room at Williams & Mann's and at the Massanets'. During that time Mr. Williams had returned from Chicago, and both of the members of the firm seemed to be well satisfied by the way in which their new clerk discharged the duties assigned to him.
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