"Did Joe ever mention its name ?" "No, he just spoke of it as 'his kid.'" Larry was quiet a moment.

"You see," he added, "I want to get settled before Joe comes out--his time's up in a few months--so that I can give him some sort of place near me.

He's all right, Joe is; but he's too old to have any show at a fresh start if he tries to make it all on his own." "Larry, you haven't got such a tough piece of old brass for a heart yourself," commented Hunt.

"What are your own plans ?" "I know I've got the makings of a real business man--I've already told you that," said Larry confidently.

He had thought this out carefully during his days as a coal-passer and his long nights upon the eighteen-inch bunk in his cell.