“You are right.”
“Capital!” exclaimed our hero. “I feel rich already. Mr. Sharp thought you would only pay five per cent.”
“Mr. Sharp was misinformed.”
“I am glad to hear it. Suppose, then, I spend the four hundred dollars cash I take with me, I shall have something to fall back upon.”
“Yes.”
“Then I’ll do it—that is, if Mr. Sharp consents.”
“I am afraid you will soon get to the end of your small stock of money, Tom.”
“Oh, I mean to earn money as well as spend it. When I get to California I shall see what I can find to do.”
“You seem to be an energetic young man.”
“I hope I shall prove so. It is time, for I never earned a penny in my life; but if you are willing, I should like to ask you a few questions, Mr. Armstrong?”