ABSTRACT
So totally were the poor boys absorbed in their plottings, that, like true conspirators, they were nervous and uneasy unless in one another's society. Peeling rather timid as to the success of their plans, nothing appeared to give them so much courage as treating the possibility of a failure as an absurdity. Whenever Philip felt that his fears were overcoming him, he invariably made a point of accusing Billy Fortune with "being afraid, and wanting to back out of i t , "and the indignant denials and energetic manner of that bold young pauper never failed to inspirit the meeting and restore confidence.
