"I'm no lady," replied Mabel. "I'm an actress."
"An actress—he-he!" jeered Violet. "An actress!"
"Shut up, all of you," commanded Burlingham. "I've got some money. I settled for cash."
"How much?" cried Mabel and Violet in the same breath, their quarrel not merely finished but forgotten.
"Three hundred dollars."
"For the boat and all?" demanded Eshwell. "Why, Bob——"
"They think it was for boat and all," interrupted Burlingham with his cynical smile. "They set out to bully and cheat me. They knew I couldn't get justice. So I let 'em believe I owned the boat—and I've got fifty apiece for us."
"Sixty," said Violet.
"Fifty. There are six of us."
"You don't count in this little Jonah here, do you?" cried
Violet, scowling evilly at Susan.