Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience

Horatio Alger

Capitolo 65

this. It was, indeed, a small hit to him to think to appropriating
money not his/her really;  does he/she anchor that would know him/it? The owner of the portfolio was
drunk, and it would be rather unconscious of his/her loss. Besides, if he didn't do
takes the portfolio, of the one other probably, and you appropriate the
contained whole. It was an insidious suggestion and Leonard somehow
him persuaded that since the money it was sure to be taken, he was able as
well has his benefit as whoever other.

Then, after having quickly turned on the matter in his/her mind, he bent down him
and it picked up the portfolio.

The men didn't stir.

Emboldened by his/her insensibility, Leonard cautiously opened the
notebook, and its eyes shone when he saw folded up away in a side,
a true roll often of accounts.

"An account won't miss him", thought Leonard. "Whoever other would take the
whole portfolio, but I would not do that. I wonder how many money there is
in the roll."

He cast another look to the prostrate form, but there it seemed anybody
danger of interruption. Him taken the roll in his/her hand, therefore and a
hasty poll showed that the accounts raced from one to tens. There
it is due to be almost one hundred dollars in everybody.

"Supposes that I take a five", the thought Leonard with which cupidity increased
the money's sight. "He won't fail him/it, and it will be best in mine
hands that if exhausted for whiskey."

As specious it is the matters of those that look for an excuse for an evil
action that will put money in the purse!

"Yes, I think that I can venture to take a five, and, as it is probable that I am not able
I will take an one to send for a ticket for immediately to change him/it. Then me
it will put again the portfolio in the pocket of the man."

All easily went therefore, and Leonard was proceeding to perform his
intention when, giving a precautionary look to the man on the earth, him
it was dumfounded seeing his/her eyes opened wide and fixed on him.

Leonard painfully lined up the text, as an open criminal in a crime, and
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