Can you play any dancing tunes?"
Phil knew one or two, and played them.
"If you were not going back to Newark, I should like to have you
play with me this evening. I don't have anybody to practice
with."
"I would not know where to sleep," said Phil, hesitatingly.
"Oh, we've got beds enough in our house. Will you stay?"
Phil reflected that he had no place to sleep in Newark except
such as he might hire, and decided to accept the offer of his new
friend.
"This is my night off from the store," he said. "I haven't got
to come back after supper. Just stay around here till six
o'clock. Then I'll take you home and give you some supper, and
then we'll play this evening."
Phil had no objection to this arrangement. In fact, it promised
to be an agreeable one for him. As he was sure of a supper, a
bed and breakfast, there was no particular necessity for him to
earn anything more that day. However, he went out for an hour or
two, and succeeded in collecting twenty-five cents. He realized,
however, that it was not so easy to pick up pennies in the
country as in the city--partly because population is sparser and
partly because, though there is less privation in the country,
there is also less money.
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