“Yes, take it; I might be rich myself some day, and then get poor, and I’d like someone to get up a subscription for me.”
“Yes; and, besides, you can always get the loan of old Joe’s knife,” said Eileen, consolingly.
“Yes; and, besides, the very next half-crown I get I’ll buy one with it, so I suppose a fellow can wait a while,” he said, trying to appear cheerful.
“You’re leal dood,” said Doris.
“Perhaps you ought to only give half,” said Eva, “because you see you’re a visitor here, and oughtn’t to give so much as us.”
“No, half a crown or nothing,” said Willie grandly; “besides, I’m the only man that’s giving, so I ought to give most.”
“How much have you got, Doris?” asked Eileen.
“A penny,” she said, handing it to her.
“Is that all? Where’s the threepence you had last week?”
“I let it fall in the creek the day I chased the duck.”