"Oh, pa, won't you take me?" asked Loammi, eagerly.
"Take you? Why should I?"
"I should enjoy it so much."
"No doubt, but the expense will be too great. The car fare and hotel rates will amount to considerable."
"But, pa, as you were just saying, you will probably clear more than a thousand dollars by the purchase you propose to make."
"That is not certain."
"Oh, yes it is; you are so sharp and shrewd, pa."
Ezra Little's pride was flattered.
"Well, yes," he said, "I think I am fairly sharp."
"And my expenses won't be much."