“I’m sorry we went in there to dinner, for the boys spent a good deal more’n they ought to.”
“Now, don’t you go to worryin’ ’bout that. Us fellers will ’tend to the money, an’ if Tom an’ Bob haven’t got enough I’m willin’ to put out all there is in my pocket.”
Then the three waited in something very nearly approaching anxious suspense to learn whether the day’s pleasuring was to end with the eating of the chowder, or if there were sufficient funds at their disposal to admit of a more protracted stay.
CHAPTER X.
A DISAPPEARANCE.
Bob and Tom looked decidedly relieved when they returned from the private interview, and there was really no need of questioning them as to the state of their finances.
“It’s all right,” the former said in a tone of relief. “We’ve got our tickets home, an’ sixty cents besides, so I reckon that will be enough to do up all there is here. Now go in an’ have the best time you know how. What do you want to do, Josiah?”
“I’m satisfied jest to walk ’round. There’s no place to go without spendin’ a lot of money.”
“But we’re doin’ the whole figger this time. Tom an’ Bill an’ me can come down any day, while you can’t; so we’ve made up our minds you shall get all that’s goin’, an’ we’ll hold back.”
“But I don’t want to do anything of the kind,” and Josiah looked distressed. “There’s no need of spendin’ more money, an’, besides, I wouldn’t go into what you fellers couldn’t share.”
“Don’t mind ’bout us. We’ll look out for ourselves. What do you want to do?”