Horatio Alger - Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy

Accordingly, about eleven o’clock, he went softly up the attic stairs with a candle in his hand, and, with noiseless steps, approached the bed. Herbert’s regular breathing assured him that he was asleep. Abner Holden took up his pants and felt for his pocketbook. He found it, and drew it out with exultation.

“Aha!” he thought; “I’ve got it.”

But this brief exultation was succeeded by quick disappointment. The pocketbook proved to be quite empty.

“Curse it!” muttered Abner, “what has the boy done with his money?”

It was at this moment that Herbert, his eyes possibly affected by the light, awoke, and he discovered his employer examining his pocketbook.

His first feeling was indignation, but the sight of Abner Holden’s disappointed face amused him, and he determined not to reveal his wakefulness, but to watch, him quietly.

“Perhaps he’s got two pocketbooks,” thought Abner. But in this he was mistaken.

Next he went to Herbert’s trunk, and tried it, but found it locked.

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