? ? ? ? "I generally can," responded Rodney, smiling. "I am seldom troubled with a poor appetite."
? ? ? ? "Ditto for me. Now what have you been doing this morning?"
? ? ? ? "Looking for a place."
? ? ? ? "With what success?"
? ? ? ? "Pretty good if I had only been earlier."
? ? ? ? Rodney told the story of his application to the manager of the railroad office.
? ? ? ? "You will know better next time. I think you'll succeed. I did. When I came to New York at the age of twenty two I had only fifty dollars. That small sum had to last me twelve weeks. You can judge that I didn't live on the fat of the land during that time. I couldn't often eat at Delmonico's. Even Beefsteak John's would have been too expensive for me. However, those old days are over."
? ? ? ? The next day and the two following Rodney went about the city making application for positions, but every place seemed full.
? ? ? ? On the third day Mr. Woods said, "I shall have to leave you for a week or more, Rodney."
? ? ? ? "Where are you going?"
? ? ? ? "To Philadelphia.
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