"Well," replied the proprietor, after some figuring, "it averages fifty-five dollars a week."
Jimmy uttered a low whistle of surprise. That was higher than he had thought.
"And what are the expenses?" asked Dick quietly.
"I have to pay the elevated railroad company ten dollars a week for having my stand here, and I have to hire a boy to bring me papers and other supplies, for I sell cigars and tobacco. But there aren't many weeks when I don't clear twenty dollars."
Dick thought this was a fine business, but, of course, if he and Jimmy took it there would not be so much profit for each of them as the man got, unless they could increase the business. That was another matter to consider.
"How much do you want for the stand?" asked Dick, while he and Jimmy waited anxiously for the answer.
"Well, I'll take two hundred and fifty dollars cash, and not a cent less."
The figure was so high, and the announcement of it caused the partners such a surprise, that, for a moment, they did not know what to say.