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

CHAPTER XV
17/18

As you get older, you will find that it will not seem so large to you.

At any rate, I hope to increase it considerably." They were walking on Kearny Street, near California Street, when Joe's attention was drawn, to a sign: THIS RESTAURANT FOR SALE It was a one-story building, of small dimensions, not fashionable, nor elegant in its appointments, but there wasn't much style in San Francisco at that time.
"Would you like to buy out the restaurant ?" asked Morgan.
"I don't feel like buying anything out with empty pockets," said Joe.
"Let us go in." The proprietor was a man of middle age.
"Why do you wish to sell out ?" asked Morgan.
"I want to go to the mines.

I need an out-of-door life and want a change." "Does this business pay ?" "Sometimes I have made seventy-five dollars profit in a day." "How much do you ask for the business ?" "I'll take five hundred dollars, cash." "Have you a reliable cook ?" "Yes.

He knows his business." "Will he stay ?" "For the present.

If you want a profitable business, you will do well to buy." "I don't want it for myself.


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