"Ma told me you were not at home to lunch. Where did you eat?"
"We dined at a hotel on Staten Island."
"Upon my word, you are getting to be quite a swell for a poor boy."
Scott smiled.
"I don't think I shall have much chance to be a swell," he said, "after I have begun work in the store."
"No, I guess not. It was a great thing to have pa take you up and give you a home."
"I hope to show my appreciation of it," said Scott; but under the circumstances, his gratitude was not as deep as if he had had a better room, and had not been obliged to give up all his money to his relative.
"How do you like your room?"
"The bed seems comfortable. Where is your room?"
"On the second floor. Follow me and I will show it to you."