“No; not if we could make ten times that,” replied our hero.
“You could have a good time on ten thousand a year—boys of your age.”
“Not on stolen money.”
“It wouldn’t be on stolen money.”
“It looks very much like it, when you buy stolen goods.”
“Yes, and fix up a job for bank robbin’,” added Bob.
“Well, suppose it does look so, why couldn’t you enjoy the money just as much?”
“Because it wouldn’t be right for us to have it,” returned our hero.
“Boys, you are not so old as I am. I’ve seen a good deal of life. Money is money, and it don’t matter where it comes from, it will buy just as much.”
“It will not always buy one his liberty,” replied young Randolph, coolly.