"You don't say so! Is the pay good?"
"A hundred dollars a month."
"Jumping Jehosophat! You are jollying me."
"Not at all. It's all straight. And that is not all. I have a home in the house, too."
Livingston Palmer regarded his young friend with reverential awe.
"It doesn't seem possible," said he. "How did you get it?"
"I can hardly tell you. The lady has taken me without recommendations."
"Well, Robert, you were born to good luck. I am afraid you won't notice me now that you are getting up in the world."
Robert smiled.
"I will see you as often as I can," he said.