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CHAPTER XXVII. JULIUS BUYS A HOUSE.
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An hour later the Indian was found drunk by the roadside. After procuring1 a supply of liquor with the money which he had taken from Julius, he set out on his return to the woods, but stopped from time to time to drink. His potations were so deep that he was finally incapable2 of proceeding3 farther.
His agency in kidnapping little Carrie having become known, he was arrested, and brought before a justice. The magistrate4 sentenced him to a month’s imprisonment5, assuring him that when it was over it would not be expedient6 for him to visit the neighborhood again. The savage7 endured his imprisonment with the stoicism characteristic of his race, and on the day of his release departed, and was not seen again in Brookville.
On the day succeeding Carrie’s adventure, Mr. Taylor said to Julius, “I shall to-day place to your credit in the savings8 bank two hundred and fifty dollars, in acknowledgment of your service in rescuing my little girl, though it involved risk to yourself.”
“Thank you, sir,” said Julius, gratefully; “but I don’t think I deserve so much.”
“Let me be the judge of that.”
“Abner did as much as I.”
“Abner will not go unrewarded. I shall deposit a similar sum in the bank for him.”
“Then, sir, I can only thank you for your kindness. I hope I shall deserve it.”
“I hope and believe you will,” said his patron, warmly. “Only keep on as you have begun, and you will win the respect and good-will of all.”
Though Julius said little, this commendation gave him great satisfaction. Little more than a year before he had been a poor and ignorant street boy, the companion of two burglars, with no
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