“Oh, you may fix them to suit yourself.”
“How much are you making now, Tom? I don’t want to be hard with you.”
“You won’t be hard with me,” laughed he.
“But let us have the matter understood. I will do as well as I can by you. How much do you earn now?”
“Some days I make a quarter of a dollar; some days a half; and I have earned a dollar. If I get three dollars a week I am pretty well satisfied.”
“I am to have five dollars a day for the boat when she is taken by the week, and seven for a single day. Suppose I give you two dollars a day for every day the Belle is used.”
“That’s handsome!” exclaimed Tom. “I shall be rich on those terms.”
“No, you won’t. She will not have anything to do for more than two or three weeks this season. In the spring she will do well. After she is paid for, we will divide equally.”
“Thank you, Wolf. You are a glorious fellow!”
We went down to the Belle’s moorings, and I gave my friend such instructions as he needed. I was sure my party would have no reason to regret the change in the skippership of the boat.