place. You just tell him to come and see me the first opportunity he
has."

And again lifting his hat, Foster bowed and took his departure.




CHAPTER VI

A KIND-HEARTED WAITRESS


After Bob had found that no one was pursuing him, he decided that the
first thing to do was to get away from New York, and with this purpose
he headed for one of the ferries that would take him to the Jersey
shore.

How far his fifteen dollars would carry him, he did not know, but he
realized that it could not be any great distance, and he was trying to
think of some plan by which he could obtain more funds, when he suddenly
remembered the reporter who had taken such an interest in him.

"I'll go and find him," said Bob to himself. "He'll know about how much
it costs to travel, and all such things, and perhaps he'll help me to
get some work where I can earn more money. Anyway, I will be able to
believe what he tells me, and to depend on his advice."

So simple a solution of his difficulties gave Bob new courage, until all
at once it flashed upon him that he did not know the name of his