"He told me you owed some money for your new boat."
"He told the truth at that time; but I don't owe anything now. I was very lucky with the mackerel, and I have had plenty of jobs for the boat, so that I have paid up all I owed."
"Then you have paid your debt," added Miss Liverage, apparently "headed off" by the young man's reply.
"I don't owe a cent to anybody."
"I didn't know but you might want to make some money."
"I do; I am always ready to make a dollar, though I don't owe anybody anything," replied Leopold, willing to encourage the woman, while he did not desire to make anything out of her.
"Five hundred dollars is a good deal of money," continued Miss Liverage, watching the countenance of the young man very closely.
Leopold did not dispute the remark, and with a nod he admitted the truth of it.
"I suppose you would not object to making five hundred dollars, Leopold."
"I don't believe I should, if I could make it honestly, fairly, and above-board; but I wouldn't steal five hundred dollars for the sake of having it."