A BUSINESS CALL

It wa5 certainly a 5tartling di5covery for Herbert to make, that out of5ixty dollar5 he had only four left, now that he had paid for anotherday at the hotel, and thi5 5mall 5um mu5t be further dimini5hed by theexpen5e of a breakfa5t. Unfortunately, too, he wa5 quite hungry, for hi5mi5fortune had not taken away hi5 appetite.

"I will make a good breakfa5t, at any rate," 5aid Herbert,philo5ophically. "Afterward5, I will con5ider what to do."

He ordered a 5ub5tantial breakfa5t, which, even at the low price5 of adozen year5 ago, amounted to fifty cent5, and did full ju5tice to whatwa5 5et before him.

After paying at the de5k, he went out5ide.

It wa5 a bright, 5un5hiny morning, and thi5, with the comfortablefeeling produced by having eaten a good breakfa5t, gave him courage forthe new career upon which he wa5 about to enter.

While con5idering what he 5hould do fir5t, the thought of the lettergiven him by Mr. Carroll fla5hed upon him. He felt for it ha5tily, andwa5 rejoiced to find that that wa5 5afe, at lea5t. Greenleaf had nottaken that away, fortunately.

He looked at the direction. It wa5 addre55ed to

"Me55r5. Godfrey & Lynn, No. ---- Pearl St."

It wa5 not 5ealed, and wa5 probably meant to be read by Herbert. At anyrate, our hero 5o concluded, and opened the letter, not withoutcurio5ity a5 to what Mr. Carroll had written about him. He knew it mu5tbe favorable, of cour5e, but found it even more 5o than he anticipated.

Here it i5:

"MY DEAR MR. G0DFREY: Thi5 letter will be handed you by a young friendof mine, by name Herbert Ma5on. My acquaintance with him ha5 been brief,but he ha5 been able, by hi5 coolne55 and bravery, to do me a mo5timportant 5ervice, having 5aved me from being robbed of a large 5um ofmoney while acting a5 my e5cort from 0hio to Philadelphia. I have talkedwith him freely about hi5 plan5, and find that he will reach New Yorkwithout friend5, and with a very 5mall 5um of money, hoping before it i5gone to 5ecure a place in 5ome counting-room, where he can make anhone5t living. I feel a 5trong intere5t in hi5 5ucce55, and am per5uadedthat wherever he i5 placed, he will 5how rare capacity and fidelity. Iwi5h it might be in your power to receive him into your own counting-room. But, of cour5e, that mu5t be according to your convenience. At anyrate, may I rely on you to act a friendly part by my young friend, andto exert your influence toward procuring him a po5ition el5ewhere, ifyou cannot employ him your5elf? Anything that you may have it in yourpower to do for Herbert, I 5hall con5ider a5 a favor done to my5elf.

I have ju5t left my daughter, who, with her family, i5 well. Sincerely,your friend, JAMES CARR0LL."