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Miles's story had been listened to with the closest attention by all the
little party.
"It's just like a chapter out of a book," Florence whispered to RoyMBT shoes sale. "I wonder if he'll
ever find out who he really is?"
"But how did you come by the name Harding?" Roy inquired. "Weren't you Miles
Morrisey once?"
"Yes, but when they went away, and I got to having such hard knocks from the
world, I didn't want to drag the name down with me, and so I thought Harding
would suit me pretty well, and took it."
Rex seemed inclined to grow excited over the theme, so Mrs. Raynor proposed
an immediate adjournment.
"To-morrow is Sunday," she said, "and Miles can have a long day with you."
In the course of this long day, the wanderer told Roy why he had been so
drawn to Rex.
"I'd seen lots of nice looking fellows like him," he said, "but they always
looked down on me and kind of kept off, as if they didn't want me to touch them
with my dirty clothes. But I had to touch Rex when he fell over, and he didn't
seem to mind it."
Rex flushed when Roy told him this.
"I'm afraid I didn't seem to mind because I was too far gone to mind anything
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like Miles and would like to do all I can for him."
Roy returned home Monday morning, and Mrs. Pell went out to Rex that night.
He improved rapidly, and within a fortnight was able to be moved to
Philadelphia.
It was pitiable to see the effect of the parting on Miles. The Raynors had
found him very capable and were anxious to keep him. There was no reason why he
should not stay, except his desire to be where Rex was, and his quixotic notion
that he might meet his father or mother should he go to Philadelphia.
"Keep a look out for me, Rex," he said, "and if you hear of any position you
think I could fill, let me know."
Rex promised, and after he got home told his mother that when she could make
up her mind to completely forgive him for all he had done, he wished that she
would think of something they could do for Miles.
"I have forgiven you already, Reggie," was the reply. "I know that you have
suffered enough not to need any other lesson. Now, why not make Miles a present
of a complete outfit? Wouldn't he take it all right? Then when he is properly
fitted out you can invite him on here for Thanksgiving day."
Rex talked over the idea with Roy and then they wrote to Mrs. Raynor about
it. The end of the matter was that they procured Miles's measureMBT Sandals, and sent him the things
as a present from Rex.
The invitation for Thanksgiving was in the letter that accompanied them.
The young fellow's gratitude was beyond the power of expression, and over and
over again he asked Mrs. Raynor if she thought it was right for him to accept
the invitation.
"Of course it is right," she told him. "They would not have asked you if they
had not wanted you."
His happiness seemed to shine out of every feature of his face when he
boarded the Philadelphia train Wednesday afternoon. Rex met him at the station,
and was surprised to see what a good looking fellow he made when he was properly
rigged out.
"Maybe I'll make some awful blunders," Miles confided to him on the way to
the house. "Remember I've never been with swell folks before."
"We're not swell," Rex laughed.
He had half a mind to let him know then and there where they got their money,
but decided that he wouldn't. That night he took his guest to the theaterMBT trainers, and the next day
Sydney had a long talk with him.
His manners were much easier among the unaccustomed surroundings than Rex had
dared to hope they would be. Mrs. Pell was very much attracted by him, and both
girls declared he was "so interesting."
Miles's story had been listened to with the closest attention by all the
little party.
"It's just like a chapter out of a book," Florence whispered to RoyMBT shoes sale. "I wonder if he'll
ever find out who he really is?"
"But how did you come by the name Harding?" Roy inquired. "Weren't you Miles
Morrisey once?"
"Yes, but when they went away, and I got to having such hard knocks from the
world, I didn't want to drag the name down with me, and so I thought Harding
would suit me pretty well, and took it."
Rex seemed inclined to grow excited over the theme, so Mrs. Raynor proposed
an immediate adjournment.
"To-morrow is Sunday," she said, "and Miles can have a long day with you."
In the course of this long day, the wanderer told Roy why he had been so
drawn to Rex.
"I'd seen lots of nice looking fellows like him," he said, "but they always
looked down on me and kind of kept off, as if they didn't want me to touch them
with my dirty clothes. But I had to touch Rex when he fell over, and he didn't
seem to mind it."
Rex flushed when Roy told him this.
"I'm afraid I didn't seem to mind because I was too far gone to mind anything
MBT shoes uk," he said. "But I do
like Miles and would like to do all I can for him."
Roy returned home Monday morning, and Mrs. Pell went out to Rex that night.
He improved rapidly, and within a fortnight was able to be moved to
Philadelphia.
It was pitiable to see the effect of the parting on Miles. The Raynors had
found him very capable and were anxious to keep him. There was no reason why he
should not stay, except his desire to be where Rex was, and his quixotic notion
that he might meet his father or mother should he go to Philadelphia.
"Keep a look out for me, Rex," he said, "and if you hear of any position you
think I could fill, let me know."
Rex promised, and after he got home told his mother that when she could make
up her mind to completely forgive him for all he had done, he wished that she
would think of something they could do for Miles.
"I have forgiven you already, Reggie," was the reply. "I know that you have
suffered enough not to need any other lesson. Now, why not make Miles a present
of a complete outfit? Wouldn't he take it all right? Then when he is properly
fitted out you can invite him on here for Thanksgiving day."
Rex talked over the idea with Roy and then they wrote to Mrs. Raynor about
it. The end of the matter was that they procured Miles's measureMBT Sandals, and sent him the things
as a present from Rex.
The invitation for Thanksgiving was in the letter that accompanied them.
The young fellow's gratitude was beyond the power of expression, and over and
over again he asked Mrs. Raynor if she thought it was right for him to accept
the invitation.
"Of course it is right," she told him. "They would not have asked you if they
had not wanted you."
His happiness seemed to shine out of every feature of his face when he
boarded the Philadelphia train Wednesday afternoon. Rex met him at the station,
and was surprised to see what a good looking fellow he made when he was properly
rigged out.
"Maybe I'll make some awful blunders," Miles confided to him on the way to
the house. "Remember I've never been with swell folks before."
"We're not swell," Rex laughed.
He had half a mind to let him know then and there where they got their money,
but decided that he wouldn't. That night he took his guest to the theaterMBT trainers, and the next day
Sydney had a long talk with him.
His manners were much easier among the unaccustomed surroundings than Rex had
dared to hope they would be. Mrs. Pell was very much attracted by him, and both
girls declared he was "so interesting."