"I wouldn't take that early walk for nothing."
"No more would I. But if you felt sure of your game, you wouldn't mind the walk."
"No," said Charley.
"Well, I am sure."
"Whew!"
"I am as sure as I can be of anything that has not really happened."
"Ho, ho! That is very well put in. I wish I had as many dollars as I know you won't catch a musk-rat. I could buy the Baby Pitcher's canary to-morrow. Couldn't I, pet?"
Flora had come in, as she did every morning, to inquire about the musk-rat.
"Buy it to-day," said Flora.
"Couldn't buy it to-day for want of money."