"No; you shall have a hundred. If absolutely necessary, you can send
for more."

"No," said Walter confidently; "I won't do that. I shall get along
somehow. I want to make a man of myself."

"That is a commendable ambition. Still, sometimes a young man finds it
hard to obtain employment. If you had a trade, now, it might be
different. Suppose, for instance, you were a journeyman tailor, you
could readily find a place in Chicago or any good-sized city."

"I shouldn't care to be a tailor."

"I shouldn't care to employ you if you were," said his guardian,
smiling. "One thing I would like to guard you against. Don't be too
particular about what you take up. With so small an outfit as you have
stipulated for, you will have to go to work at something soon. Then,
again, you won't be able to live as well as you have been accustomed
to do here and in college."

"I understand that, and am prepared for it. I want to rough it."

"Possibly you will have your wish granted. I don't want to discourage
you, Walter. I only want to prepare you for what may, and probably
will, come."

"Do you know any one in Chicago, Doctor Mack? I might find it pleasant
to have an acquaintance."

"Yes, I know a retired merchant named Archer. He lives on Indiana