“Won’t they be surprised when we hand them the ten thousand dollars!” exclaimed Tess, as she led the way down the outside cellar steps.
“Oh, won’t they, just!” agreed Dot.
“Will they give you any of the money?” Sammy asked, somewhat enviously.
“Of course they will,” declared Tess.
“How much?” Sammy inquired.
“Oh, maybe forty dollars,” said Tess, vaguely.
“I’d rather have sixteen,” declared Dot.
“Listen to her!” exclaimed Tess. “She thinks sixteen dollars is more than forty!”
“Ho! Ho!” chuckled the boy.
“Well, it is!” declared Dot, indignantly. “Look! When you have sixteen dollars you have a one and a six,” and on the bottom step, in the dust, she traced the figures. “You have a one and a six,” she repeated. “But when you have forty dollars you have only a four and a nothing. So there!”