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At that moment a messenger appeared.
"Letter for you," said he to the young express agent, and hurried about
his business.
"From the express people," murmured Bart, tearing open the letter.
As he perused it, such a quick, bright glow flashed into his face and
eyes, that the watchful Darry at once surmised that Bart had received a
communication out of the ordinary.
"Good news, Bart?" he inquired.
"Read it," said Bart simply, and quick-witted Darry saw that he was
almost too overcome to speak further.
The letter was from Mr. Leslie the superintendent, and contained two
paragraphs.
The first stated that from the fifteenth of the coming month Mr. Robert
Stirling would resume his position as express agent at Pleasantville,
thenceforward made a "Class B" station, at a salary of seventy dollars a
month.
The second paragraph requested Mr. Bart Stirling to report at
headquarters for assignment to duty at a city office as assistant
manager.
Darry Haven reached out and caught the hand of his loyal friend in a
warm, glad clasp.
"Capital!" he cried enthusiastically--"in line with your motto, Bart
Stirling--higher still!"
THE END
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