[Jack’s Ward by Horatio Alger, Jr.]@TWC D-Link book
Jack’s Ward

CHAPTER XVIII
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I want you to go in alone, so you will learn to manage without me." Ida entered the shop.

The baker, a pleasant-looking man, stood behind the counter.
"Well, my dear, what is it ?" he asked.
"I should like a couple of rolls." "For your mother, I suppose ?" said the baker.
"No," answered Ida, "for the woman I board with." "Ha! a dollar bill, and a new one, too," said the baker, as Ida tendered it in payment.

"I shall have to save that for my little girl." Ida left the shop with the two rolls and the silver change.
"Did he say anything about the money ?" asked Peg.
"He said he should save it for his little girl." "Good!" said the woman.

"You've done well.".


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