left. I can't go on like that."

"That's so."

"I've got to give up my room on Fourteenth Street. I can't pay for it
any longer. Do you think I could get in at the Lodge?"

"Yes. I'll introduce you to Mr. O'Connor."

"When shall I meet you?"

"At five o'clock. We'll be in time for supper."

"All right."

At five o'clock Mike accompanied Rodney to the large Newsboys' Lodging
House on New Chambers Street. Mr. O'Connor, the popular and efficient
superintendent, now dead, looked in surprise at Mike's companion. He was
a stout man with a kindly face, and Rodney felt that he would prove to
be a friend.

"Mr. O'Connor, let me introduce me friend, Mr. Rodney Ropes," said Mike.

"Could you give me a lodging?" asked Rodney in an embarrassed tone.

"Yes; but I am surprised to see a boy of your appearance here."

"I am surprised to be here myself," admitted Rodney.

The superintendent fixed upon him a shrewd, but kindly glance.