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Take this money and add to your savings. Some time you will find it
useful in enlarging your business, or entering upon a new one."

"I will put it in the savings-bank, as you recommend, mother; but you
must remember that the fund there is yours as much as mine."

"I will promise to call for money, Paul, whenever I want it. I like to
think that we have so large a fund to draw upon in case of need."

CHAPTER XXVI.

FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE SHOP.

One morning, some months later, Paul was looking over the advertising
columns of the _Herald._ As his eye glanced carelessly over the
Chances for Business, his attention was drawn to the following:

"FOR SALE The stock and fixtures of a gentlemen's small furnishing
store. Good reasons for selling. Apply at No. -- Sixth avenue."

"I wonder how much it would cost," thought Paul. "I wish I had a small
store instead of a stand. I could make more money. Besides, it would
be more comfortable in cold and stormy weather."

It was a raw morning in November. Paul had his hands in his pockets,
and had much ado to keep warm. But he knew that worse days were to
come. The winter before he had suffered not a little on some days when
he felt the necessity of keeping at his business.

"Let me see," he reflected. "I have about six hundred dollars. That is
something, but it wouldn't go far toward stocking a store. Still, I
have a great mind to go up and look at the place, and inquire about
terms."

The more Paul thought about it, the more he felt a desire to go. He
accordingly got a boy, in whom he felt confidence, to attend his
stand, while he himself jumped on a Sixth avenue car and rode up to
the shop advertised.

On entering he found it small, but neat, and to all appearance a good
stand for business. The proprietor, a man of thirty-five or
thereabouts, came forward.

"What can I show you?" he asked.

"I saw your advertisement in the _Herald,"_ said Paul, "and came to
inquire about it. You want to sell out?"

"Yes. It is on account of my wife's health. The doctor says the city
air doesn't agree with her, and orders her into the country. I don't
want to be separated from her, and, besides, I have a chance to open a
store in a country town where my uncle lives."

"Is this a good stand for business?"

"Excellent. I am making more money here than I can expect to outside
of the city; but of course that is not to be put in the scale against
my wife's health. Were you thi