"
"That is true. When he first came to the house he was poorly dressed,
and had evidently been used to living in a poor way. He was at once
provided with a complete outfit as good as my own, and from that time as
much has been spent on him as on me. Don't think that I am mean enough
to grudge him any part of the money expended upon him. If he were like
you, I could like him, and enjoy his society; but he is just another as
his father."
Here Herbert's attention was drawn to a boy who was approaching with a
yellow envelope in his hand.
"Frank," he said, suddenly, "there's Mark Manning. He looks as if he had
something to say to you. He has either a letter or a telegram in his
hand."
CHAPTER II
THE TELEGRAM
Frank's heart gave a great bound at the suggestion of a telegram. A
telegram could mean but one thing--that his mother had become suddenly
worse.
He hurried to meet his stepbrother.
"Is that a telegram, Mark?" he asked, anxiously.
"Yes."
"Is it anything about mother? Tell me quick!"
"Read it for yourself, Frank."
Frank drew the telegram from the envelope, and read it hastily:
"My wife is very sick. I wish you and Frank to come home at once.
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