“Here’s your money,” groaned the countryman, and passed over five cents. “But it’s a swindle just the same,” he added defiantly.
Frank had been much amused, and it was all he could do to keep from laughing outright. “I’m glad I’m not so jolly green as all that,” he thought.
“Bound to get your money away from you somehow,” remarked the countryman to him, after a pause.
“I know how you can get square,” answered our hero.
“How’s thet?”
“Ride your five miles, and more.”
“By gosh! Thet’s an idee.”
“You can ride more than five miles if you wish.”
“Yes, but if I go too far, I’ll have to pay another five cents to git back, won’t I?”
“Yes.”