"Right glad to see you, Robert," cried the clerk. "And I must thank you for that gift of yours."
"I trust you had a good time on your money, Livingston."
"Well, I didn't spend it foolishly, I can tell you that. I have learned a lesson, Robert. I am saving my spare money, and I am putting in most of my nights in learning stenography and typewriting. I have an offer of twenty-five dollars per week if I learn stenography thoroughly, and I am pegging away at it for all I am worth."
"I am glad to hear it," answered Robert heartily. "I have taken up stenography myself," and such was a fact.
The conversation lasted for quarter of an hour, and then our hero mentioned Dick Marden.
"Why, he is in town and at the Palmer House," said Livingston Palmer. "I saw him yesterday afternoon. You had better call on him. I know he will be glad to see you."
"I certainly will call on him, and at once," said Robert, and moved off without further delay.
CHAPTER XXVII.
DICK MARDEN'S GOOD NEWS.
On entering the Palmer House Robert was very much surprised to run across Dr. Remington.