I 'll clean these trout nicely and take them to Mr. Walters , and tell him that , if he 'll only give me time , I 'll pay him back every cent of money I got for all I sold this summer . Then maybe he 'll let me off , seeing as I did n't know about the notice . '' `` I 'll go with you , Danny . '' `` No , I 'll go alone , Mother . You need n't go with me , '' said Dan heroically . To himself he said that his mother had troubles enough . He would never subject her to the added ordeal of an interview with the stern factory owner . He would beard the lion in his den himself , if it had to be done . `` Do n't tell Ella May anything about it . It would worry her . And do n't cry , Mother , I guess it 'll be all right . Let me have my dinner now and I 'll go straight off . '' Dan ate his dinner rapidly ; then he carefully cleaned his trout , put them in a long basket , with rhubarb leaves over them , and started with an assumed cheerfulness very far from his real feelings . He had barely passed the gate when another boy came shuffling along -- a tall , raw-boned lad , with an insinuating smile and shifty , cunning eyes . The newcomer nodded familiarly to Dan . `` Hello , sonny . Going over to the Lake with your catch , are you ? You 'll fry up before you get there . There 'll be nothing left of you but a crisp . '' `` No , I 'm not going to the Lake .
I 'm going up XXXXX the factory to see Mr. Walters . ''
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