"What would you do?" asked Toney.
"I would dig sixteen hours in each day until I had a hundred thousand dollars," said Tom.
"And so would I," said Toney; "for I want exactly one hundred thousand dollars."
"I wonder if there is not gold in our newly-acquired territory on the Pacific coast?" said Tom.
"Would you go there?" asked Toney.
"Yes," said Tom, "and stay for five years, if necessary, to get enough gold to buy a home——"
"For Ida and the cherubs?" said Toney.
"What noise is that in the wood?" exclaimed Tom.
"Two drunken men quarreling over an empty bottle," said Toney.