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That was tough luck, losin' five hundred dollars. Of course I couldn't do it, for I never had it," the boy added, philosophically, as he watched Betty adjusting the bandage. THAT WAS TOUGH LUCK LOSING FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF COURSE I COULDN'T DO IT FOR I NEVER HAD IT ADDED THE BOY PHILOSOPHICALLY AS HE WATCHED BETTY ADJUSTING THE BANDAGE
ter a pause. "I might be in as bad a hole as that fellow I saw on the train not long ago." "How was that?" asked Betty, more for the sake of saying something rather than because she was interested. The boy himself had carefully washed out the cut at a roadside spring, and as it was clean, the girl applied the salve and was; skillfully wrapping the bandage around the wound. "What man was that?" she added. "Why," said the boy, "I had a long jump to make from one town to another, and, as there weren't any customers between, I rode in the train. The only other passenger in our car was a young fellow, asleep. All of a sudden he woke up in his seat, and begun hunting all through his pockets. First I thought he had lost his ticket, for he kept hollerin', 'It's gone! I've lost it! My last hope!' and all things like that. I was goin' to ask him what it was, when he shouted, 'My five hundred dollar bill is gone! and out of the car he ran, hoppin' off the train, which was slowin' up at a station. WORSE OFF THE LAD CONTINUED AFTER A PAUSE I MIGHT BE IN AS BAD A HOLE AS THAT FELLOW I SAW ON THE TRAIN NOT LONG AGO HOW WAS THAT ASKED BETTY MORE FOR THE SAKE OF SAYING SOMETHING RATHER THAN BECAUSE SHE WAS INTERESTED THE BOY HIMSELF HAD CAREFULLY WASHED OUT THE CUT ON THE ROADSIDE SPRING AND AS IT WAS CLEAN THE GIRL APPLIED THE SALVE AND WAS SKILFULLY WRAPPING THE BANDAGE AROUND THE WOUND WHAT MAN WAS THAT SHE ADDED WHY SAID THE BOY I HAD A LONG JUMP TO MAKE IT FROM ONE TOWN TO ANOTHER AND THERE WEREN'T ANY CUSTOMERS IN BETWEEN I RODE ON THE TRAIN THE ONLY OTHER PASSENGER IN OUR CAR WAS A YOUNG FELLOW ASLEEP ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WOKE UP IN HIS SEAT AND BEGAN HUNTING ALL THROUGH HIS POCKETS FIRST I THOUGHT HE HAD LOST HIS TICKET FOR HE KEPT HOLLERING IT'S GONE IT'S GONE I'VE LOST IT MY LAST HOPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK HIM WHAT IT WAS AND THEN HE SHOUTED MY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL IS GONE AND OUT OF THE CAR HE RAN HOPPING OFF THE TRAIN WHICH WAS SLOW ENOUGH AT A STATION
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