“Why, of course I am. He was around to see me only day before yesterday about the rent. I am a bit behind, and I had to put him off.”
“And what kind of a man is he?”
“I think he is very hard-hearted. But then, that may be because I am behind in my payment. He threatened to put me out of my rooms if I didn’t pay when he called again.”
“How many rooms have you?”
“Only two, and I pay six dollars a month for them.”
“And how far behind are you?”
“I only owe for the month.”
“And he won’t trust you even that long? He certainly must be mean,” Jerry rejoined warmly.
“You said something about property belonging to your father,” said Nellie Ardell. “Has Mr. Slocum an interest in it?”
“He has and he hasn’t,” the boy replied, and he told his story in a few words as they walked along to the entrance of the house in which she lived.