eagerly.

"Yes, I do. I mean to say that the money is found."

"Where?"

"Prof. Henderson has agreed to let us have it."

"Is that true?" said Ferguson, bewildered.

"I believe so," said the professor, smiling. "Harry has juggled the
money out of me,--you know he used to be in the business,--and you
can make your bargain as soon as you like."

It is hardly necessary to say that Prof. Henderson got an excellent
notice in the next number of the Centreville "Gazette;" and it is my
opinion that he deserved it.

CHAPTER XXXV.

FLETCHER'S OPINION OF HARRY WALTON.

In two weeks all the business arrangements were completed, and
Ferguson and Harry became joint proprietors of the "Centreville
Gazette," the latter being sole editor. The change was received with
favor in the village, as Harry had, as editor pro tem. for two
months, shown his competence for the position. It gave him
prominence also in town, and, though only nineteen, he already was
classed with the minister, the doctor and the lawyer. It helped him
also with the weekly papers to which he contributed in Boston, and
his pay was once more raised, while his sketches were more frequently
printed. Now this was all very pleasant, but it was not long before
our hero found himself overburdened with work.

"What is the matter Harry? You look pale," said Ferguson, one
morning.

"I have a bad headache, and am feeling out of sorts."

"I don't wonder at it. You are working too hard."

"I don't know about that."

"I do. You do nearly as much as I, as a compositor. Then you do all
the editorial work, besides writing sketches for the Boston papers."

"How can I get along with less? The paper must be edited, and I
shouldn't like giving up writing for the Boston papers."

"I'll tell you what to do. Take a boy and train him up as a printer.
After a while he will relieve you almost wholly, while, by the time
he commands good wages, we shall be able to pay them."

"It is a good idea, Ferguson. Do you know of any boy that wants to
learn printing?"

"Haven't you got a younger brother?"

"The very thing," said Harry, briskly. "Father wrote to me last week
that he should like to get something for ----."

"Better write and offer him a place in the office."

"I will."

The letter was written at once. An immediate answer was received, of
a favorable nature. The boy was glad to leave home, and the father
was pleased to have him under the charge