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o. 132 S---- Street," scrawled on it in pencil. "Am I to ask for Mark Mortimer?" asked Jasper. "Yes, that's me--that is, it's one of my names. Don't fail." "I won't." "If you should play me false, you'd better never have been born," said the kidnapper, menacingly. "I'll come, not on account of your threats, but because I have promised," said Jasper, quietly. "You're a plucky boy. You ain't one of the milk-and-water sort," said Dick, with respect for the boy's courage. "Thank you," said Jasper, laughing. "I am not often afraid." "By Jove! you've got more pluck than half the men. You'd make a fine lad for my business." "I don't think I'd like your business, so far as I know what it is," said Jasper. "Well, there's some I'd like better myself. If my sister does the right thing by me I'll become a model citizen--run for Congress, may be. Eh, old woman?" "I wish you would reform, Dick," said his wife. "Let the world give me a chance, then. Now, boy, you must be starting." "Harry," said Jasper to the little boy, whose name he had learned, "do you want to go with me?" The little boy confidingly put his arms round our hero's neck. "Will you take me to my mamma?" he asked. "Yes, I will take you to her." The little boy uttered a cry of delight. "Me all ready!" he said, eagerly. "Do you think he can walk to the depot?" asked Jasper. "Yes; it is only a mile or so." "Then I will start." Part of the way he carried the little boy in his arms. They could make but slow progress, but luckily there was plenty of time, and they reached the depot a quarter of an hour before the train started. The station-master looked at the two with curiosity. "Is that boy yours?" "He isn't my son, if that's what you mean," said Jasper, amused. "Brother, then?" "No; he's a friend of mine that I'm taking home to his father and mother." "Been makin' a visit around here?" asked the station-master. "Yes," replied Jasper, briefly. The arrival of two passengers, who wanted tickets, relieved him from the questions of the curious station-master. He might have asked questions which it would have been inconvenient to answer. "Did you ever ride in the cars, Harry?" asked Jasper. "I did ride in the cars when the ugly man took me from my mamma." "Was that the only time?" The little boy could remember no other. Jasper led him a little away, to avoid questioning, but was back in time to en
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