g the names
and faces of the thousands of boys that from time to time frequent the
lodging house. "Do you want to see me?"

"Yes, sir," answered Paul; "but we won't detain you long."

"Never mind about that; my business can wait."

"Julius wants to go out West," proceeded Paul. "Now, what we want to
find out is, when you are going to send a party out."

"This day week."

"Who is going out with it?"

"It is not quite decided. I may go myself," said the superintendent.

"Can Julius go out with you?"

"Yes; we haven't got our full number. He can go."

"Then you're all right, Julius," said Paul.

"What gave you the idea of going out West, Julius?" asked Mr.
O'Connor.

"Marlowe's after me," said Julius, briefly.

The superintendent looked mystified, and Paul explained.

"Didn't you read in the papers," he asked, "about the burglary on
Madison avenue?"

"At Mr. Talbot's house?"

"Yes."

"Had Julius anything to do with that?"

"Through his means the burglars were prevented from carrying out their
designs, and one of them was captured. This was Jack Morgan, with whom
Julius lived. The other, a man named Marlowe, got off. As he suspected
Julius beforehand of betraying them, and is a man of revengeful
disposition, Julius is afraid of staying in the city while he is at
large. We both think he had better go West. There he may have a chance
of doing well."

"No doubt. Why, some of our boys who have gone out there have grown
rich. Others have persevered in seeking an education, and there are
lawyers, ministers and doctors, as well as merchants, now prosperous
and respected, who graduated from the streets of New York, and were
sent out by our society."

The face of Julius brightened as he heard these words.

"I hope I'll do well," he said.

"It depends a good deal on yourself, my boy," said the superintendent,
kindly. "Firmly resolve to do well, and you will very likely succeed.
You've had a rough time of it so far, and circumstances have been
against you; but I'll try to find a good place for you, where you'll
have a chance to learn something and to improve. Then it will be your
own fault if you don't rise to a respectable place in society."

"I'll try," said Julius, hopefully, and he meant what he said. He had
lived among social outlaws all his life, and he realized the
disadvantages of such a career. He shuddered at the idea of following
in the steps of Jack Morgan or Marlowe--a considerable portion of