"I'm broke, I told youse."
"But I have money enough for both of us."
"Goin' t' stand treat?"
"Why not? It would be a small return for what you did for me."
"Aw, dat's nuttin'. Well, den, come on. I knows a good joint where it's cheap. Have a cigarette?"
It was all the newsboy had to offer, and he meant it well, as he held out the box to Dick.
"No, thank you," replied the other lad. "I don't smoke."
"I'll learn ye," proposed Jimmy generously, "It's easy, an' it's lots of sport."
"I don't think I care for it."
"I didn't needer, first. Made me sick. But I got used to it. Well, I'll light up."