“Then I cal’late this is where I belong,” he said.

“You—what?” asked Sandy.

“I cal’late—”

“He’s a lightning calculator,” explained Spud helpfully. “I saw one once at a circus.”

Sandy’s eyes rested frowningly on the bag.

“I don’t think,” he said, “that we want to buy anything today.”

“What have you got?” asked Hoop.

“Huh?”

“Don’t say ‘huh’; say ‘What, sir?’” directed Sandy severely.

“What, sir?”