Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 26: July 15, 1891
He did not discover this fact until long afterwards, when he noticed with surprise that the hands on the dial of the office Clock pointed to half-past five. It seemed very singular that the office should be left so long’ alone. How could the brokers tell who might not steal in, and what mischief might not be done? As this thought came to him he glanced towards the door he had entered. He distinctly remembered leaving it ajar, as he had found it, and now it was closed. Crossing the room, he laid his hand on the knob and tried to open it.
When he found it locked, he sat down in a chair and tried to weigh the situation. He could see plainly enough that he had placed himself in a very embarrassing position. If the worst came to the worst, what could he prove of himself, anyhow? That he was the son and sole support of a poor widow, who had hitherto lived in an Obscure country village of New England, and had borne a good reputation. That against the advice of all their friends they had sold their little home and invested almost the entire proceeds in railroad tickets, coming west in a desperate hope of saving the mother’s failing health and bettering their fortunes. That the long trip and lack of home comforts had made the mother worse instead of better. That he had tried to find work, day after day, and day after day had failed.
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