made fun of because they strive to do right--are always sure of
victory in the end. They may be often tried, but sooner or later they
shall triumph.

After dinner, he paid another visit to Mrs. Flint, in Avery Street. He
opened his proposition to board in her family, to which she raised
several objections, chief of which was that she had no room. The plan
was more favorably received by Katy; and she suggested that they could
hire the little apartment upstairs, which was used as a kind of lumber
room by the family in the other part of the house.

Her mother finally consented to the arrangement, and it became
necessary to decide upon the terms, for Harry was a prudent manager,
and left nothing to be settled afterwards. He then introduced the
project he had mentioned to Edward; and Mrs. Flint thought she could
board them both for three dollars a week, if they could put up with
humble fare. Harry declared that he was not "difficult," though he
could not speak for Edward.

Our hero was delighted with the success of his scheme, and only wished
that Edward had consented to the arrangement; but the next time he saw
him, somewhat to his surprise, the clerk withdrew his objections, and
entered heartily into the scheme.

"You see, Harry, I shall make a dollar a week--fifty-two dollars a
year--by the arrangement," said Edward, after he had consented.

He evidently considered that some apology was due from him for
condescending from the social dignity of his position in the Green
Street boarding house to the humble place beneath his mother's roof.

"Certainly you will; and that is a great deal of money," replied
Harry.

"It will pay my theatre tickets, and for a ride once a month besides."

"For what?" asked Harry, astonished at his companion's theory of
economy.

Edward repeated his statement.

"Why don't you save your money?"

"Save it? What is the use of that? I mean to have a good time while I
can."

"You never will be a rich man."

"I'll bet I will."

"You could give your mother and Katy a great many nice things with
that money."

"Humph! The old man must take care of them. It is all I can do to take
care of myself."

"If I had a mother, and brothers and sisters, I should be glad to
spend all I got in making them happy," sighed Harry.

On the following Monday morning, Harry went to his new place. He was
in a strange position. All was untried and unfamiliar. Even the
language of the clerks and salesmen