“Are you willing to tell me about it?”
“No objection at all. I was there four months. In the first three I didn’t pay expenses, but in the fourth month I more than made up for all my ill luck. How much do you think I’ve got lodged with my bankers here?”
“A thousand dollars?”
“A thousand dollars seven times over. Eight thousand dollars I cleared in that last month, and seven of it I have salted down.”
Harry’s eyes sparkled.
“I only wish I could be as fortunate,” he said, earnestly.
“What would you do with your money then?” asked the other.
“I would take care of my mother, and make her comfortable.”
“Tell me about your mother, that is, if you don’t mind. I’ve got nobody belonging to me, more’s the pity, and perhaps that’s the reason why I like to hear about other people’s relations.”