"I don't think I should like that."
"No more would I if I'd got fifty dollars in my pocket. If I was you I'd go into business."
"What kind of business?"
"Well," said Tom reflectively, "you might buy out an apple or a peanut-stand, and have lots of money left."
"Is there much money to be made that way?" inquired Ben.
"Well, I never knowed anybody get rich in that line. I guess you'd make a livin'."
"That wouldn't satisfy me, Tom. What I want most of all is to go to California."
The bootblack whistled.
"That's off ever so far, isn't it?"
"Yes, it's a long way."