? ? ? ? "I'll pay up my part of the rent, Rodney, a quarter a day."
? ? ? ? Rodney had advanced the whole sum, as Mike was not in funds.
? ? ? ? "If you can't pay a dollar a week I will pay a little more than half."
? ? ? ? "There ain't no need. I'll pay my half and be glad to have a nice room."
? ? ? ? "I've got three or four pictures at the school, and some books. I'll send for them later on, and we'll fix up the room."
? ? ? ? "Will you? We'll have a reg'lar bang up place. I tell you that'll be better than livin' at the Lodge."
? ? ? ? "Still that seems a very neat place. It is lucky for poor boys that they can get lodging so cheap."
? ? ? ? "But it isn't like havin' a room of your own, Rodney. I say, when we're all fixed I'll ask some of me friends to come in some evenin' and take a look at us. They'll be s'prised."
? ? ? ? "Certainly, Mike. I shall be glad to see any of your friends."
? ? ? ? It may seem strange that Rodney, carefully as he had been brought up, should have made a companion of Mike, but he recognized in the warm hearted Irish boy, illiterate as he was, sterling qualities, and he felt desirous of helping to educate him.
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