"A loan?"
"Yes; to be paid back—whenever you get good and ready. Do take it—as a loan."
"A loan," repeated Henry in a low tone. "Well, I might do that. But if you're in any hurry for the money you'd better not let me take it. I don't know when I can pay it back."
"That's all right. Keep it as long as you like."
"But there's another objection," said Henry, who appeared to be very conscientious about it. "You have no security for it."
"I don't need any from you, Henry."
"But it wouldn't be right to take it without security. Wait, I'll tell you what I'll do."
He hurried back into his house, to return in a few minutes with a folded paper which he handed to Dick.
"That," said Henry proudly, "is my personal note for fifty dollars, payable in one month, with interest at six per cent., as security for this loan. You can have it discounted at the bank," he added with a laugh; "that is if you can get your father, or somebody with some money, to indorse it. Anyhow, it's my note. The first one I ever gave. Now you needn't worry about your money, Dick."