"I will certainly be guided by your advice. Do you know, Mr. Packard, I imagine there are very few bell-boys in New York who are as rich as I am?"
"I don't think I have ever heard of a bell-boy millionaire," said the cattleman, smiling, "though I hope the one before me may make the first exception to a general rule. Did I tell you that I expect to start on my return to Colorado to-morrow?"
"So soon as that?"
"Yes; I have received news from my agent there—good news, mind—that makes it advisable for me to abridge my visit. May I hope that you will write me sometimes?"
"I shall be glad to do so, Mr. Packard."
"Mind, it is a compact. Some time I expect you to visit me out there."
"When my child gets a little older," said Rupert, with a smile.
"And if at any time you find the expense too great for your means, let me help you."
"I will."
So the two friends parted, and Rupert resumed his regular routine as a bell-boy.