Joe the Hotel Boy by Jr. Horatio Alger
Author:Jr. Horatio Alger [Alger, Jr. Horatio]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783958642522
Publisher: Otbebookpublishing
Published: 2017-04-25T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER XVI.
A MATTER OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.
âSay, you, give me my money!â
Such were Josiah Beanâs words, as he rushed up to Henry Davis and grabbed the swindler by the shoulder.
The slick-looking individual was thoroughly startled, for he had not dreamed that the countryman would get on his track so soon. He turned and looked at the man and also at Joe, and his face fell.
âWhaâwhat are you talking about?â he stammered.
âYou know well enough what I am talking about,â answered Josiah Bean, wrathfully. âI want my money, every cent oâ it,âanâ you are a-goinâ to jail!â
âSir, you are making a sad mistake,â said the swindler, slowly. âI know nothing of you or your money.â
âYes, you do.â
âMake him get off the car,â put in Joe.
âBoy, what have you to do with this?â asked the swindler, turning bitterly to our hero.
âNot much perhaps,â answered Joe. âBut Iâd like to see justice done.â
âI want that money,â went on the countryman, doggedly. âCome off the car.â
He caught the swindler tighter than ever and made him walk to the sidewalk. By this time a crowd of people began to collect.
âWhatâs the trouble here?â asked one gentleman.
âHeâs robbed me, thatâs whatâs the matter,â answered the countryman. âHe has got six hundred dollars oâ mine!â
âSix hundred dollars!â cried several and began to take a deeper interest.
âGentleman this man must be crazy. I never saw him before,â came loudly from the swindler.
âThat is not true!â cried Joe. âHe was with the man who lost the money. I saw them together yesterday.â
âI am a respectable merchant from Pittsburg,â went on the swindler. âIt is outrageous to be accused in this fashion.â
âSomebody had better call a policeman,â said Joe.
âIâll do dat,â answered a newsboy, and ran off to execute the errand.
As the crowd began to collect the swindler saw that he was going to have difficulty in clearing himself or getting away. He looked around, and seeing an opening made a dash for it.
He might have gotten away had it not been for Joe. But our hero was watching him with the eyes of a hawk, and quick as a flash he caught the rascal by the coat sleeve.
âNo, you donât!â he exclaimed. âCome back here!â
âLet go!â cried the man and hit Joe in the ear. But the blow did not stop Joe from detaining him and in a second more Josiah Bean caught hold also.
âAinât goinâ to git away nohow!â exclaimed the countryman, and took hold of the swindlerâs throat.
âLeâlet go!â came back in a gasp. âDonâtâdonât strangle me!â
When a policeman arrived the swindler was thoroughly cowed and he turned reproachfully to Josiah Bean.
âThis isnât fair,â he said. âIt was all a joke. I havenât got your money.â
âYes, you have.â
âHe is right, Mr. Bean,â put in Joe. âThe money, I think, is in your side pocket.â
The countryman searched the pocket quickly and brought out a flat pocketbook.
âHullo! this ainât mine!â he ejaculated.
He opened the pocketbook and inside were the twelve fifty-dollar bills.
âMy money sure enough! How in the world did it git there?â
âThis man just slipped the pocketbook into your pocket,â answered Joe.
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