“To be sure they are, but I’m afraid, Sam, you didn’t always think quite so well of me.”
“Well, I do now. You’re a trump.”
“And, James, I’ve brought you a present, too.” Here Tony produced a handsome silver watch with a silver chain appended. “It’s to remember me by.”
“I’d remember you without it, Tony, but I’m very much obliged to you. It’s a real beauty.”
When the landlord was told of Tony’s good fortune, he was as much surprised as the rest. Our hero was at once changed to the handsomest room in the hotel, and was made quite a lion during the remainder of his stay.
There is something in success after all.
Good-by, Tony,” said Sam, heartily, when our hero left the next day. “You’re a gentleman, and I always said so.”
“Thank you, Sam. Good luck to you!” responded Tony, smiling.
I’m a much finer fellow than when I was a tramp,” he said to himself. “Sam says so, and he ought to know. I suppose it’s the way of the world. And now for Europe!”