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BOUND TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN
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come to the house, too! I've got lots of nice things for you to see."

"Perhaps I won't have time to come," returned Franklin, kindly, much pleased by the little girl's innocent and cordial manner. "I am going to Paterson to work—if Mr. Brice can find me a place."

"Did he say he would find you a place?"

"He said he would try."

"Then he'll get the place. He can do anything, papa Brice can. Here is where we take the street cars, isn't it?"

"Yes." They came to a halt on the corner. "You are rather young to travel alone," Franklin continued. "Are you not afraid of getting lost?"

"Oh, I know the way to Orange, for I have been there a number of times with papa Brice. I've been spending New Year's with Lottie King and her mamma, and I had a splendid time. "Oh, you didn't tell me your name."

"My name is Franklin Bell."

"That's as nice as mine. And are you going to stay in Paterson?"

"I expect to—if I get a situation," returned the young electrician.

At that moment a car came along and Franklin assisted her on board and took a seat beside her. The ride to the Erie depot was quite a long one, and during it Cora plied him with questions, all of