“Are you Ben?” said the boy, eyeing Ben’s fine suit in amazement.

“Yes, Frank.”

“Where’d you get that suit?”

“The fact is, Frank, I have fallen in with a rich lady, who has adopted me.”

“When did all this happen?”

“Yesterday morning.”

“Then you don’t sell papers any more?”

“No; I am staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.”

“You’re in luck, then?”

“And you look out of luck,” said Ben.