? ? ? ? "I am sorry to tell you, Ropes," said the superintendent kindly "that Mr. Hall insists upon your being discharged. He is a nervous man and rather suspicious. I spoke in your favor but I could not turn him."
? ? ? ? "At any rate I am grateful to you for your friendly effort."
? ? ? ? The superintendent hesitated a moment, and then said: "Will this discharge seriously embarrass you? Are you short of money?"
? ? ? ? "No, sir. I was very liberally paid by Mr. Sargent, and I saved money. I have enough in the savings bank to last me several months, should I be idle so long."
? ? ? ? "I am glad of it. I hope you will remember, my boy, that this is none of my doing. I would gladly retain you. I will say one thing more, should Jasper Redwood ever apply for a situation here, his name will not be considered."
? ? ? ? So Rodney found himself again without a position. It seemed hard in view of his innocence, but he had confidence to believe that something would turn up for him as before. At any rate he had enough money to live on for some time.
? ? ? ? When Mike Flynn learned the circumstances of his discharge he was very angry.
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