"What sort of a place does he live in—a tenement house?"
"No; he has a very good room in West Sixteenth Street."
"He will soon be out of money if he lives expensively."
"How do you know that?"
"Because he is evidently poor. Didn't you notice his clothes?"
"Yes, but I don't think he cares much about dress."
"I guess you're right there. Pa thinks he was a fool to come to New York. If he expects to fall back on pa when he has spent all his money, he'll be disappointed."
"I don't think he has any such expectations. He seems like an independent man. He fell in with an acquaintance from Michigan who is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel."
Loammi looked surprised.
"Who was it?" he asked.