"Don't trouble yourself about that, Louisa. I intend to be very economical.
"My estimable sister is about as mean as anyone I know," said Warner to himself, as he left the house. "Between her and the old woman, I don't think I shall find it very agreeable living here. A cheap boarding house would be infinitely preferable."
On State Street Warner Powell fell in with Stephen Webb, an old acquaintance.
"Is it you, Warner?" asked Webb, in surprise. "It's an age since I saw you."
"So it is. I haven't been in Chicago for five years."
"I remember. A little trouble, wasn't there?"
"Yes; but I'm all right now, except that I haven't any money to speak of."
"That's my situation exactly."
"However, I've got an old aunt worth a million, more or less, only she doesn't fully appreciate her nephew."
"And I have an uncle, pretty well to do, who isn't so deeply impressed with my merits as I wish he were."