"Put in some more for good measure," somebody would say. "Some of mine spilled."
"Pick them right up, then," said the little store-keeper, thriftily. "'Twon't hurt the nuts a bit. No, Zaidee, you can't have another thing till you bring me some more money. A peppermint drop, Eunice? No, you can't have two for a cent. Don't they look good? B'lieve I'll just taste one," hastily putting her words into practice. "Yes, Billy, what do you want? a red one or a striped one?"
"Say, little un," asked Billy, uncertainly, "which would you take, if you was me? I want two cents' wuth. Would you get two reds, or two striped?"
"Two reds," advised Edna, as Eunice said, "Two striped."
"I can't buy so many, can I?" he asked, holding out his hand, with six cents in it. "I want some peanits, too, and some lemonade. Will this buy 'em all?"
"Get one striped and one white," said Eunice, "and two cents' worth of peanuts and a glass of lemonade."
"Lemonade is three cents a glass," said Cricket, "but, Billy, you can have it for two, because you've helped me so much."
"By the way, Will," broke in Archie, suddenly, "how much are crabs selling for, in the market, to-day?"
"Ten cents," answered Will, promptly.
"Now, then, Cricket, you owe me a lot on those crabs that I furnished you this morning. It took me all yesterday afternoon to catch them, too. You have sold them all off, I see, already. How much did they bring? Give me all the lemonade I want, and we'll call it square."