"Shoo! He must be rich."
"I imagine he is."
"What are you going to do with the money?"
"Nothing; I've lost it."
"Lost it?"
"Yes."
And Ralph related the particulars of his encounter with Percy Paget, and how the money had disappeared during the fracas.
"It's a tarnal shame, Ralph! Thet air dude ain't worth your twenty-dollar bill nohow!"
"I am sorry he came here. I hope he stays away hereafter."
"I wouldn't take none of his talk," grumbled Bob Sanderson, with a shake of his grizzled head. "I reckon what he said about gettin' you into trouble is all nonsense."