"Has Owens ever paid back that $10 you loaned him a year ago?"
"Oh, yes; he borrowed $25 more from me last week and only took $15."
An Oriental story tells us of a man who was asked to lend a rope to a neighbor. His reply was that he was in need of the rope just then.
"Shall you need it a long time?" asked the neighbor.
"I think I shall," replied the owner, "as I am going to tie up some sand with it."
"Tie up sand!" exclaimed the would-be borrower. "I do not see how you can do that!"
"Oh, you can do almost anything with a rope when you do not want to lend it," was the reply.