"I mean in a worldly way. I shall work along, and if I get rich I sha'n't be the first rich man that has risen from the ranks."
"God grant you success, my son!"
Early the next morning Dan started out in search of a new home.
He and his mother decided that they would like to live somewhere near Union Square, as that would be a pleasant afternoon resort for their young boarder.
"Will you go with me, mother?" he asked.
"No, Dan, I have not time this morning. Besides you know what will suit us."
"Very well, mother; I will do my best."
Dan crossed Broadway, and took a horse-car up town.
In West Sixteenth street his attention was drawn to the notice, "Furnished Rooms to Let," upon a good-looking brick house.