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could lie down somewhere." "I'll tell you what. Come round to the ferry-room. You can sit down there till you feel better." "Give me your arm, Jim. I'm light-headed." With Jim's assistance Sam made his way to Fulton Ferry, but instead of going over in the next boat he leaned back in his seat in the waiting-room, and rested. Jim walked about on the pier, his hands in his pocket, with an independent air. He felt happy and prosperous. Never before in his life, probably, had he had so much money in his possession. Some men with a hundred thousand dollars would have felt poorer than Jim with nine dollars and a half. By and by Sam felt enough better to start on his homeward journey. Jim agreed to accompany him as far as the New York side. "I don't know what the doctor will say when he finds out the money is gone," said Sam, soberly. "You just tell him it was stolen from you by a pickpocket." "Suppose he don't believe it?" "He can't prove nothin'." "He might search me." "So he might," said Jim. "I'll tell you what you'd better do." "What?" "Just give me the money to keep for you. Then if he searches you, he won't find it." If Jim expected this suggestion to be adopted, he undervalued Sam's shrewdness. That young man had not knocked about the streets eight months for nothing. "I guess not," said Sam, significantly. "Maybe I wouldn't find it any easier if you took it." "You don't call me a thief, do you?" demanded Jim, offended. "It looks as if we was both thieves," said Sam, candidly. "You needn't talk so loud," said Jim, hurriedly. "There's no use in tellin' everybody that I see. I don't want the money, only, if the old man finds it, don't blame me." "You needn't be mad, Jim," said Sam. "I'll need the money myself. I guess I'll have to hide it." "Do you wear stockin's?" asked Jim. "Yes; don't you?" "Not in warm weather. They aint no good. They only get dirty. But if you wear 'em, that's the place to hide the money." "I guess you're right," said Sam. "I wouldn't have thought of it. Where can I do it?" "Wait till we're on the New York side. You can sit down on one of the piers and do it. Nobody'll see you." Sam thought this good advice, and decided to follow it. "There is some use in stockin's," said Jim, reflectively. "If I was in your place, I wouldn't know where to stow away the money. Where are you goin' now?" "I'll have to go back," said Sam. "I've been a long ti
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