OUR COSTLY CLIMATE.
"Hullo? Off out of Town somewhere?"
"Off to Cairo, my Boy!"
"Cairo? Why, only the other day you told me you were as Poor As a Church Mouse!"
"That's just it. I've spent Five Years' Income on Clothing already this Winter, and I'm not Warm yet; and I've calculated that it'll take Seven Years' Income more before I can keep the Cold out. So I'm off to Cairo to stop at the best Hotel—it's far cheaper!"