? ? ? ? About the middle of the afternoon, as Rodney was helping to unpack a crate of goods, the older boy whom he had already seen in the office below, walked up to him and said, "Is your name Ropes?"
? ? ? ? "Yes."
? ? ? ? "You are wanted in Mr. Goodnow's office."
? ? ? ? Rodney went down stairs, feeling a little nervous. Had he done wrong, and was he to be reprimanded?
? ? ? ? He could think of nothing deserving censure. So far as he knew he had attended faithfully to all the duties required of him.
? ? ? ? As he entered the office, he saw that Mr. Goodnow had a visitor, whose face looked familiar to him. He recalled it immediately as the face of the English gentleman who had visited the Lodging House the day previous with his employer.
? ? ? ? "So I find you at work?" he said, offering his hand with a smile.
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir," answered Rodney gratefully, "thanks to you."
? ? ? ? "How do you think you will like it?"
? ? ? ? "Very much, sir. It is so much better than going around the street with nothing to do."
? ? ? ? "I hope you will try to give satisfaction to my friend, Mr.
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