"I think he did quite enough in giving me that ring last night. My mother says it must be worth at least five hundred dollars, and she knows something about such things."
"It is worth more than that. But Anderson ought to do more for you. Why doesn't he get you a job under the city with a fat salary and nothing to do?"
"That's just what he offered me this morning," laughed Al.
"Then I shall lose you before long, of course?"
"Not on account of that political job."
"Eh?"
"I refused it."
"You did?"
"Of course. I want a job where there is something to do."