Lucky Deal, or The Cutest Boy in Wall Street
Self-made man
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Excerpt: "e;"e;I've been robbed!"e; gasped Mrs. Hazard, a pleasant-featured little woman of perhaps forty, sinking into a chair, her face the picture of dismay. "e;Mother,"e; exclaimed her daughter Annie, a slender, delicate girl of fifteen, who sat in a cane rocker, feather-stitching an infant's jacket with blue silk, a small pile of the unfinished garments lying in a box on a table before her, "e;what do you mean?"e; "e;The rent money is gone. I had it in this corner of the bureau, waiting for the agent, whom I expect at any moment. There were two fives and five ones. They are not here now. Where could they have gone?"e; "e;The money may have slipped under some article in the drawer, mother,"e; suggested the girl, anxiously. "e;No; I have searched and turned over everything. The money is gone. How are we to face this fresh misfortune?"e; Mother and daughter looked at one another in silent discouragement."e;