"Well, that depends on circumstances. Sometimes I make money hand over hand, but for the last month I give you my word I probably haven't made over two hundred dollars."
"Two hundred dollars in a month!" repeated the farmer. "Why, that's doing first rate, I call it."
The young man shrugged his shoulders.
"Not for a broker," he said. "Why if I make less than five hundred I don't call it much."
"Five hundred dollars a month?" asked the farmer, much impressed.
"Yes."
"Why, that's six thousand dollars a year."
"Exactly. You are good in arithmetic," said the young man, languidly.
"Is—is there any chance to go into that business?" asked the Orange County man, eagerly.
"My friend, I would hardly advise you to go into it. You are rather old to begin a new business."