Chapter XXI. Continued Ill Luck.
Rodney set himself to work searching for a new situation. But wherever he called he found Some one ahead of him. At length he saw an advertisement for an entry clerk in a wholesale house in Church Street. He applied and had the good fortune to please the superintendent. "Where have you worked before?" he asked. "At Otis Goodnow's, on Reade Street." "How much were you paid there?" "Seven dollars a week." "Very well, we will start you on that salary, and see if you earn it." Rodney was surprised and relieved to find that he was not asked for a recommendation from Mr. Goodnow, knowing that he could not obtain one. He went to work on a Monday morning, and found his duties congenial and satisfactory. Seven dollars a week was small, compared with what he had received as a tutor, but he ha
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