“They’ll show up,” said Smith.

“Or down,” suggested Ned.

“What’s the difference?” asked Smith lightly. “It’s all one to me.”

“There’s a big difference.”

“I don’t see it.”

“Well, suppose you should go into a hotel and ask the clerk for the price of rooms——”

“I’ve done that many a time. I was in the Gorton last Easter vacation——”

“What did he tell you?”

“Who—the clerk? He said they had rooms from two dollars up.”