Chapter 29
When Harry entered the office of Mr. Wheeler, the lawyer was engaged with a client. He nodded pleasantly to our hero, and said: "I shall be at leisure very soon. You will find the morning paper on that table." When his interview with the client was over, he beckoned to Harry to approach. "Well," he said, "thanks to your good management, we have triumphantly succeeded. The stolen property is recovered, and the thieves are in custody." "It was not so much good management as good luck," said Harry. "Partly both; but, however that may be, the owner of the property authorizes me to make a substantial acknowledgment for the service you have rendered him. Let me see*** reward offered was two hundred and fifty dollars." "That's too much, sir." "The gentleman who gives it does not think so.
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