"Excuse me," he said, "but I could not help but hear what you just said about one of you leaving his boarding house. I just came to Chicago, and have been hunting for a place."
The two young men looked at Franklin earnestly for a moment, and then the one called Walter replied:
"My friend here, Jack Fanwood, is going to leave to-night, and you may be able to get his room."
"So I thought. Would you mind telling me something of the place?"
"It is a very good boarding house. I have boarded there over two years, and I would not wish for anything better. Of course we put on no style, but everything is clean and comfortable, and Mrs. Gould sets an excellent table."
"That would just suit me. How much does she charge?"
"That would be according to the room. From six to ten dollars, I presume, and that includes washing and mending, for Mrs. Gould tries to make her place a regular home for her boarders."
"I would like that. If you will give me her address, I will call upon her at once, and see if I can make arrangements with her."
"I am going back to the house now," said Jack Fanwood. "You see, my friend here, Walter Robinson, and myself do not take our noonday meal
