Capitolo 85
another boy of hotel that Jack Sagger had been arrested for stealing some
lead pipe out of a vacant residence. The pipe had been sold to a junkman
for thirty cents and the boy you/he/she had spent the collections on a ticket for
a convenient theater and of the cigarettes. He was expeditious to the House of
Correction, and that was the last Joe it felt of him.
With the arrival in winter the hotel filled on and Joe was kept occupied from
morning to night, so that he had the small time to study. He completed
his/her duties faithfully and a lot the owner of hotel was settled in
consequence.
"Joe is entirely right", he told his/her cashier, "I can have trust in him with
anything."
"That is so, and he is very chivalrous, also", the cashier answered.
Ulmer Montgomery anchors it was to the hotel. He was now selling antiquarian,
and our hero looked at the individual with thick interest. He suspected that
Montgomery was a lot one predicament, but you/he/she could not try him/it.
For a long time Montgomery told Joe from which he was going far the West to try
his/her fortunes. The men seemed to like our hero and the night before him
left the hotel he called Joe in his/her room.
"I want to manufacture him a present of some books I possess", it said Ulmer
Montgomery. "Her will perhaps like to read them. They is historical
jobs."
"Thanks, the Mr. Montgomery Lei is very kind."
"I was an agent of book, but I gave that on as it didn't pay me as
well as of the other things."
"And did you make to go away these books on?"
"Yes. The firm I worked for it would not take back them so I had to hold
them."
"And you are now selling the curiosities."
To this Ulmer Montgomery kindly smiled.
"Not precisely, Joe--I only sell the curiosities or the antiquities, when I am
very hard on. On other occasions I like the other people, jobs for a way of living."
"I don't understand completely."
"I allowed to fall in selling the curiosities when I was in the South and firm ground on
for money. I wanted money the worse way and me--well, I put to work to