Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 157: what you’re looking at

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148 GUY HAMMERSLEY. for the rent, you’d have only thirty-five left for the rest.” ‘‘But there’s Guy’s forty, my dear,” interposed Mrs. Hammersley. ‘Yes, but he’s got to save that up for the second month’s rent,” rejoined the boy, and with a little air of triumph he plumped the gold coin on the table again. ‘‘That will give us only forty-five,” remarked Guy, adding immediately, however: ‘‘ But then all of my forty will not be needed for rent, so you see we will come out all right, after all.” It was then arranged that Ward should call around at Kenworthy & Clarke’s the next morning to ascers tain the result of Guy’s interview on flats with Mr. Clarke The party then separated for the night, Guy returning to the Jura feeling as though he were a married man weighed down by the cares ofa large family. On applying to the junior partner the next day, he was given by Mr. Clarke a note to a friend of his who made a specialty of small apartments, and when Ward arrived the two went off to obtain a batch of permits. But they found that the choice among fur- nished flats was exceedingly small; indeed, when the question of price was taken into account, there wasn't any choice left, a thirty dollar suite of four rooms on the top floor, in Harlem, as the only item that filled their bill. ‘‘Well, I suppose there’s nothing for it but to get the others and go up and see it,” said Ward, which was accordingly done. “S (€@) m Gomicboo