“I don’t know about that,” said Joe. “It’s pretty quiet and dull—nothing going on.”
“So you have come to the city to try your luck?”
“I want to go to California.”
“Oh, I see—to the gold-diggings.”
“Have you ever been there, sir?”
“No; but I have had many friends go there. When do you expect to start?”
“Why, that is what puzzles me,” Joe replied frankly. “I may not be able to go at all.”
“Why not?”
“I haven’t got money enough to buy a ticket.”
“You have got some money, haven’t you?”