“I had typhoid fever two years ago up in the country at my uncle's.”

“What's your uncle's name?”

“Henry Peters.”

“Yes, I remember now.”

“I wanted to find out what my bill is.”

“Wait here a moment till I look at the book.”

In a minute he had found it: Millie Hastings—so many visits at such and such a date, amounting to thirty-six dollars. He went back to the 'phone.

“Do you make your money by working by the week?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Have you learned how to save it?”