Alger, Horatio | The Errand Boy

”How soon can you let me have the money?“ ”Bring the gun round to-night, and I'll pay you for it.“ ”All right. Do you know of any one who wants to buy a boat?“ ”What? Going to sell that, too?“ ”Yes.“ ”Seems to me you're closin' up business?“ said Reuben shrewdly. ”So I am. I'm going to leave Planktown.“ ”You don't say? Well, I declare! Where are you goin'?“ ”To New York, I guess.“ ”Got any prospect there?“ ”Yes.“ This was not, perhaps, strictly true--that is, Phil had no definite prospect, but he felt that there must be a chance in a large city