“I think it would be better to put it on interest.”
“You’d better get the good of it now. You might die and then what use would the money be?”
On the way to the deacon’s Joe fell in with Seth Larkin.
“Well, my boy, where are you bound?” asked Seth.
“To collect my fortune,” said Joe.
Seth asked for an explanation and received it.
“I’m glad for you and I wish it were more.”
“So do I,” said Joe.
“What for? Anything particular?”
“Yes; if it was enough, I would go to California.”