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He did not know what to do with it , and feeling that he had come honestly by it , he was vexed at the necessity of concealing it from his mother ; but he was determined to pay it out , as occasion required , for stock and hardware for the yacht he was building . When he went to his chamber , he concealed three hundred and fifty dollars of the money in a secret place in the pine bureau in which his clothes were kept . The next morning Kennedy appeared with the man he was authorized to employ , and the chips flew briskly in the shop all that day . At noon Donald went to the wharf where he had bought his stock , and paid the bill for it . The lumber dealer commended his promptness , and offered to give him credit for any lumber he might need ; but Donald proudly declared that he should pay cash for all he bought , and he wanted the lowest cash prices . On his return to the shop , he entered , in the account-book his father had kept , the amount he had expended . The work went bravely on , for his two journeymen were interested in his success .