“I have told you about being employed at a country hotel, just before I came to the city and found you.”
“Yes.”
“I would like to go back there for a day, just to see how all my old friends are.”
“You don’t mean to apply again for your old place?”
“Not unless you turn me off, and I have to find work somewhere.”
“Turn you off, Tony! Why, I shouldn’t know how to get along without you. You are like a younger brother to me,” said the young man, earnestly.
Thank you, Mr. Spencer. You seem like an older brother to me. Sometimes I can hardly believe that I was once a tramp.”
“It was your misfortune, Tony, not your fault. So you want to go back and view your former home?”
“Yes, Mr. Spencer.”
“Then you had better start to-morrow morning, so as to be back in good time to prepare for the journey.”