“Well, I would like to see him very much,” responded Herbert. “Will you promise to make an arrangement so that I can meet him somewhere to-night?”
“Yes, indeed I will,” replied the other, “if you will help me out a little bit I will do anything for you.”
“Well I don’t want you to do anything, except to have Arthur Black meet me.”
“All right; I’ll do that.”
“Where is your boarding house?” asked Herbert.
Adler looked a little bit scared at this question, and then said in a husky tone:
“Oh, it wouldn’t do for you to come to our boarding house. It’s too humble for the likes of you; but I tell you what I’ll do. I’ll arrange to have Arthur Black meet you in the corridor of the main post office building at eight o’clock to-night. I’ll do that sure if you help me out.”
The constant appeal for personal help finally impressed itself upon Herbert, and he said:
“What do you want?”
“Well,” said the other in a quavering voice, “I guess a coat and a shave and a pair of shoes wouldn’t be bad to start with.”