? ? ? ? "Where'd you pick him up, Mike?"
? ? ? ? "Never mind! He's one of us. How much money have you got in your pocket Rodney?"
? ? ? ? "Thirty two cents."
? ? ? ? "He can't put on no frills wid dat money."
? ? ? ? "That's so. I take it all back," and Patsy offered a begrimed hand to Rodney, which the latter shook heartily with a pleasant smile.
? ? ? ? That turned the tide in favor of Rodney, the boys gathered around him and he told his story in a few words.
? ? ? ? "I used to be rich, boys," he said, "but my guardian spent all my money, and now I am as poor as any of you."
? ? ? ? "You'd ought to have had me for your guardian, Rodney," observed Mike.
? ? ? ? "I wish you had. You wouldn't have lost my money for me."
? ? ? ? "True for you! I say so, boys, if we can find Rodney's guardian, what'll we do to him?"
? ? ? ? "Give him de grand bounce," suggested Patsy.
? ? ? ? "Drop him out of a high winder," said another.
? ? ? ? "What's his name?"
? ? ? ? "I don't care to tell you, boys.
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