, which he says he shall do in another year.

About a year ago Dickey met Tim Dooley, the boy who made him bankrupt;
but he did not try to make him return any of the money he had stolen.
Tim was doing a small business in the way of blackening boots, having
reaped no benefit from his ill-gotten gains, and Dickey, so far from
showing any feeling of resentment, talked kindly to the boy, and
offered to be his friend again if he would try to be honest.

Paul kept his promise, and wrote to his former partners very
regularly. He had not neglected his studies while he was away, and in
the last letter which the firm received from him he stated that in a
few weeks he would return for the purpose of going to school in this
country. He also wrote that his father had promised to let him remain
a fortnight in New York, during which time he would be with his old
friends, and again live over the time when he was a newsboy for ten
days.

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opportunities for advancement come; but each boy has it within himself
to win his way in the world quite as well as either Ben, Johnny, or
Dickey. May all my young readers who have followed the fortunes of
these three try to win the good opinion of those around them by
earnest, honest purpose and integrity, like these boys, who knew no
home until they made one for themselves.

THE END.

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