? ? ? ? "Did you have a good day, Mike?" asked Rodney.
? ? ? ? "Yes; I made a dollar and ten cents. Here's a quarter towards the rent."
? ? ? ? "All right! I see you are prompt in money matters."
? ? ? ? "I try to be. Do you know, Rodney, I worked better for feelin' that I had a room of my own to go to after I got through. I hope I'll soon be able to get into a different business."
? ? ? ? "I hope so, too."
? ? ? ? Two days later Rodney's trunk arrived. In the evening he opened it. He took out a dark mixed suit about half worn, and said, "Try that on, Mike."
? ? ? ? Mike did so. It fitted as if it were made for him.
? ? ? ? "You can have it, Mike," said Rodney.
? ? ? ? "You don't mean it?" exclaimed Mike, delighted.
? ? ? ? "Yes, I do. I have plenty of others."
? ? ? ? Rodney supplemented his gift by a present of underclothing, and on the following Sunday the two boys went to Central Park in the afternoon, Mike so transformed that some of his street friends passed him without recognition, much to Mike's delight.
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