You remember visiting his
delightful home, the Cedars."
"Yes, pa," said Julia.
Pliny said nothing, but stared at Frank, inwardly considering whether it
would be possible to borrow some money of him.
"I am glad to meet you all. I hope we shall become better acquainted,"
said Frank politely.
"No doubt you will," said Mr. Tarbox. "They are rather bashful, but they
long to know you."
"How are you?" said Pliny, in a sudden burst of sociability.
"Pretty well, thank you!" answered Frank, finding it rather difficult to
preserve his gravity.
"I am in a store," said Pliny.
"In your father's store?"
"No. He wouldn't pay me as much as I get where I am."
Mr. Tarbox looked embarrassed.
"A smaller boy answered my purpose," he said, in an explanatory manner.
"Pliny is suited for higher duties. But our supper is ready. It is
frugal compared with yours at the Cedars, my dear Frank, but you are
heartily welcome to it."
"It looks very nice, Mr. Tarbox," said our hero, "and I have not been
accustomed to luxurious living."
This answer pleased Mr. and Mrs. Tarbox. Even if Frank should become a
boarder on liberal terms, they didn't wish to spend too much on their
table.
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