"It wasn't luck though," he said, "it was sticking to the principle you started out on. I trust it is a sure thing. It will give you an insight into the retail trade, so that you may start for yourself some day. I would start in for myself to-morrow, if I had the capital."
"Do you understand the retail business?" asked Richard, with much interest.
"Pretty well. Last year and around the holidays I tended during the evenings for a firm on Fourteenth Street, and I had a good chance to learn all the ins and outs. Besides, I was in the business when I went to school—carrying papers and parcels between school-hours."
"How much would you need to start?"
"I've got six hundred dollars saved. If I had twice that I wouldn't be afraid to hire a store and try it."
"Can't you raise the other?"
"I haven't tried yet. I would rather use my own money—or take a partner, if I could find the right fellow."
"I'd like to go in with you," said Richard. "I think we would get along first-rate together."
"I know we would," cried Frank, enthusiastically. "Can't you raise the money?"
"I don't think I can. I'll think of it though."