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Goodnow, "your innocence has been established. This man," indicating Philip Carton, "has confessed that it was he and Jasper who stole the missing articles." "I am thankful that my character has been cleared." "I am ready to take you back into my employ." "Thank you, sir, but I have now no need of a position. I shall be glad if you will retain Jasper."
"I shall find this money very useful, as I have taken a room, and am setting up housekeeping." "Then you have left the Lodging House?" "Yes, sir; I only spent one night there." "You are right. It is no doubt a great blessing to the needy street boys, but you belong to a different class." "It is very fortunate I went there last evening, or I should not have met you and Mr. Goodnow."
But as Professor Goodnow observes, American cities "have very largely lost their original powers of local self-government."
"It is mean," grumbled Jasper. "I have been here longer than he." "True, but he seems to be Mr. Goodnow's pet. It was an unlucky day for you when he got a place in the establishment." "Did you ask Mr. Goodnow to promote me?" "Yes, but he said he had decided to give Archer's place to Ropes."
Rodney seated himself and wrote in a firm, clear, neat hand: "I will endeavor to give satisfaction, if you are kind enough to give me a place in your establishment." Then he passed over the paper to the merchant. "Ah, very good!" said Mr. Goodnow approvingly. "You won't be expected to do any writing yet but I like to take into my store those who are qualified for promotion."
There was a drawback to the profit in those cases, as Carton would be obliged to sell both at a reduced price. Still they had made a considerable sum from these transactions, though not nearly as much as Mr. Goodnow had lost. After the discovery of the theft and the discharge of Rodney, the two confederates felt that it would be imprudent to do any more in that line.
Goodnow is not the consolidation of a new government which had been recognized by all the Treaty Powers only two years previously but the question of succession to the supreme office in the land, a point which had already been fully provided for in the one chapter of the Permanent Constitution which had been legally passed prior to the Coup d'etat of the 4th November, 1913.
I don't think he was an unprincipled man, but he was certainly imprudent, and was led into acts that were reprehensible. Did he lose all your money for you?" "Yes, sir." "What did you do?" "Left the boarding school where I was being educated, and came to this city." "Did you obtain any employment?" "Yes, sir; I have been employed for a short time by Otis Goodnow, a merchant of Reade Street."
"I mean that if you won't give me any money I will go to the store and tell Mr. Goodnow something that will surprise him." Jasper was getting thoroughly frightened. "Come, Philip." he said, "listen to reason. You know how poor I am." "No doubt. I know you have a good home and enough to eat." "I only get seven dollars a week." "And I get nothing." "I have already been trying to help you.
He was excessively surprised, as he supposed Rodney still to be Arthur Sargent's tutor. "You don't mean it?" he ejaculated. "Why not? Is there anything so strange about it?" "Yes. Did Ropes bring a recommendation from Mr. Goodnow?" "I suppose so. I don't know." "If he did, it's forged." "Why should it be?" "Goodnow wouldn't give him a recommendation." "Why wouldn't he?"
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