“We can’t do it without money.”
“I haven’t got but a dollar.”
“I have got forty dollars,” said Julius, complacently.
“Where’d you get such a pile?” asked Teddy, who regarded forty dollars as quite a fortune.
“Speculatin’ in real estate,” answered Julius, who did not care to mention exactly how he came by the money.
“I don’t believe you’ve got so much,” said Teddy, who was under the impression that he was being sold.
“I’ll show you part of it,” said Julius.
He drew out a pocketbook, and displayed five one-dollar bills, and a small amount of fractional currency.
“That’s only five dollars.”
“Mr. O’Connor’s got the rest. He’s goin’ to give it to the man that I’m to live with to take care of for me.{23} I’d rather he’d keep it. I might lose it, or spend it foolish.”