? ? ? ? "I hope you will succeed, Mr. Woods. I think if you are going away I had better give up the room, and find cheaper accommodations. I am getting near the end of my money."
? ? ? ? "You are right. It is best to be prudent."
? ? ? ? That evening Rodney found a room which he could rent for two dollars a week. He estimated that by economy he could get along for fifty cents a day for his eating, and that would be a decided saving.
? ? ? ? He was just leaving the house the next morning, gripsack in hand, when on the steps he met Louis Wheeler, his acquaintance of the train.
? ? ? ? "Where are you going?" asked Wheeler.
? ? ? ? "I am leaving this house. I have hired a room elsewhere."
? ? ? ? Wheeler's countenance fell, and he looked dismayed.
? ? ? ? "Why, I have just taken a room here for a week," he said.
? ? ? ? "You will find it a good place."
? ? ? ? "But--I wouldn't have come here if I hadn't thought I should have company.
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