"Pay me? They pay not a pfennig. But the proverb says, 'Better fill your house with cats than leave it empty.'"
"Mein Gott! they should pay some rent," said the old man. "I see by the rail they use it sometimes."
And Max said nothing.
The next day the old man returned to the charge.
"My son Max," he said, "do this company keep their car here, and pay nothing?"
"They pay nothing," said Max. "The proverb says, 'The rich miller did not know that the mill-boy was hungry.'"
"My son Max, let us take out the car at night, and let us drive down town and back, and we will get some rent from them."
Guilty Max! He started as if he were shot.
"Max, my son, do you drive the horses, and I will be the boy behind—what you call conductor."
Guilty Max! His face was fire. He bent down and concealed himself behind the horse he was rubbing.