If I can do anything for your family after you 're gone , I will , and I 'll try and give your remains Christian burial -- if there are any remains . So long , Danny ! Give my love to old Walters ! '' Dan was not greatly encouraged by this interview . He shrank more than ever from the thought of facing the stern factory owner . His courage had almost evaporated when he entered the office at the factory and asked shakily for Mr. Walters . `` He 's in his office there , '' replied the clerk , `` but he 's very busy . Better leave your message with me . '' `` I must see Mr. Walters himself , please , '' said Dan firmly , but with inward trepidation . The clerk swung himself impatiently from his stool and ushered Dan into Mr. Walters 's private office . `` Boy to see you , sir , '' he said briefly , as he closed the ground-glass door behind him . Dan , dizzy and trembling , stood in the dreaded presence . Mr. Walters was writing at a table covered with a businesslike litter of papers . He laid down his pen and looked up with a frown as the clerk vanished . He was a stern-looking man with deep-set grey eyes and a square , clean-shaven chin . There was not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his frame , and his voice and manner were those of the decided , resolute , masterful man of business . He pointed to a capacious leather chair and said concisely , `` What is your business with me , boy ? '' Dan had carefully thought out a statement of facts beforehand , but every word had vanished from his memory . He had only a confused , desperate consciousness that he had a theft to confess and that it must be done as soon as possible . He did not sit down .
`` Please , Mr. XXXXX , '' he began desperately , `` I came to tell you -- your notice -- I never saw it before -- and I 've been fishing on your pond all summer -- but I did n't know -- honest -- I 've brought you all I caught today -- and I 'll pay back for them all -- some time . ''
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