“Well, you have missed a treat,” said he, with assumed surprise.
“I suppose so,” replied Herbert, feeling that his education had been neglected.
“They have some wonderful curiosities in some of these museums,” continued the young confidence scamp.
“So I should think, from the looks of these pictures.”
“But this is the poorest museum on the Bowery. There are some great curiosities in some of them, and a regular show.”
“Have you been in all of them?” asked Herbert.
“Oh, yes, dozens of times. Why, I can go into one of the museums whenever I like, without paying a cent, and it is the best one in New York.”
“Can you?” said Herbert, with surprise. “I wish I could go in free.”
“I can fix that for you all right,” said Peter, magnanimously. “I often take a friend in with me.”
“And it doesn’t cost you anything?”