He has not yet taken up his residence there, but there
is reason to believe that ere long there will be a Mrs. Morton to
keep him company therein.
Not long since, as he and Frank lay stretched out beneath a
thick-branching oak in the front yard at the farm, Mr. Morton
turned to our hero and said, "Are you meaning to go to college
when your father comes home, Frank?"
Frank hesitated.
"I have always looked forward to it," he said, "but lately I have
been thinking that I shall have to give up the idea."
"Why so?"
"Because it is so expensive that my father cannot, in justice to
his other children, support me through a four years' course.
Besides, you know, Mr. Morton, we are four hundred dollars in
your debt."
"Should you like very much to go to college, Frank?"
"Better than anything else in the world."
"Then you shall go."
Frank looked up in surprise.
"Don't you understand me?" said Mr. Morton.
"I mean that I will defray your expenses through college."
Frank could hardly believe his ears.
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