I sold one to the "Overland Monthly" for five dollars.

The "Black Cat" gave me forty dollars for another.

The "Overland Monthly" offered me seven dollars and a half, pay on publication, for all the stories I should deliver.

I got my bicycle, my watch, and my father's mackintosh out of pawn and rented a typewriter.
Also, I paid up the bills I owed to the several groceries that allowed me a small credit.

I recall the Portuguese groceryman who never permitted my bill to go beyond four dollars.