"Where did you work last?" asked the hostler.
"Nowhere."
"Never worked? Then how did you live?"
"I traveled with my guardian."
"Were you rich?" asked James, rather impressed by Tony's answer.
"No; I just went round and lived as I could. I didn't like it, but I couldn't help it. I had to go where Rudolph chose to lead me."
"Where is he now?"
"I don't know. I got tired of being a tramp, and ran away from him."
"You did right," said James, who was a steady man, and looked forward to a snug home of his own ere long. "All the same, Mr. Porter wouldn't have taken you if he had known you were a tramp."
"I hope you won't tell him, then. I don't want to be a tramp any longer."