"They say, Walter, that you'll be left poor," she said. "You'll need this money."
"No, I shan't, Nancy," answered Walter. "Besides, there's a lot of mining stock that'll come to something,—I don't know how much."
"But I don't feel right about taking this money, Walter."
"You needn't feel any scruples, Nancy. I can take care of myself. I can paddle my own canoe."
"But you haven't got any canoe," said Nancy, who did not comprehend the allusion. "Besides, I don't see how that would help you to a living."
Walter laughed.
"I shall get a canoe, then," he said, "and I'll steer it on to Fortune."
"At any rate," said Nancy, "I will leave you my money when I die."
"Who knows but you'll marry and have a lot of children?"