“I don’t know,” she answered. “And if I were you I’d forget the salary end of my job for a while.”

“It’s a mighty important end,” he declared.

“I don’t see it,” she returned frankly. “I suppose you’re starting on twenty-five?”

“That’s all,” he admitted.

“It’s all you’re worth. Any one to support besides yourself?”

“No.”

“Then what you worrying about?”

“But, good Heavens, a man can’t live on that––any length of time.”

“Can’t? I know men who support a wife and children on less.”

“Eh?”