"'Cause neither you nor anybody else can say I ever went back on my word, an' fix it any way you're a mind to, it's the best trade you can make. I'm certain she wouldn't take in four of us, an' the only show you've got is for me to leave."
"But where'll I find a chance to buy something to eat?"
"There are plenty of stores 'round here, an' you can get a lodging most anywhere, for twenty-five cents."
"Hand over your money."
"Do you 'gree not to show your nose 'round there till three o'clock to-morrow?"
"Of course I do."
Joe counted out the amount agreed upon, and said, warningly, as he gave it to Master Fernald:
"I'm reckonin' on your keepin' your word, same's I will mine; but don't make the mistake of goin' back on me, Dan Fernald, for if you come to aunt Dorcas's before the time we've 'greed on, I'll make it hot. You know I can do it, so be square, or you'll get into worse trouble than if the detectives found you."
"That's right; threaten a feller when you think you've got him in a hole!"
"I ain't doin' half so much threatenin' as you did, an' besides, I'm payin' for the privilege when I give you pretty nigh all the money I've got, an' you with a pocket full."