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16 ~ Linn’s Errand to the Indian School. bitterly. “But this is not for foolishness, father. 1 want the money fora parnelas purpose, and if you insist- “You can’t have it,” Mr. Hilliard said, sternly, “and there is an end of the matter. Don't sit down; [ am going to send you on an errand. The book-keepers have not finished, and can’t be spared from their desks. “Captain Cameron has been summoned by telegram to Washington on urgent business,” he added, glancing at the open letter. “He must leave by an early train in the morning, and as he may be ordered straight to the West, he needs five hundred dollars. He incloses his check for the amount, and asks that I send him the money at once by a trusty messenger, as he is too busy to come for it himself.” Mr. Hilliard counted over the bank-notes, put them in a long envelope, sealed it, and gave the package to Linn. “Take this to Captain Cameron,” he said, “and have him examine it in your presence. Then come straight home to supper.”’ A moment later Linn was out in the street, and walk- ing rapidly toward the Indian school. He felt sore and hurt at his father’s refusal to give him the twenty-five dollars he had asked for, and he dreaded meeting the friend whom he desired to assist. “Father treats me like a baby,” he reflected, “but I sup- pose he means it all for the best. I won’t ask for the money again, and I don't believe it would do any good if I did. I’m sorry for Tom Owner. He’s a good fel- low, and it was hard luck that he should break old Meadow’s plate-glass window. Still, he needn’t have played ball in the street.’ Linn soon reached the Indian school, and rang the bell of Captain Cameron’s handsome house, which stood just inside the grounds, and in close proximity ‘to the barracks. A servant led him to a room on the second floor, a co y Gomi GoOOK (E(O)