12/47 "You haven't any money." "I've a twenty-dollar gold piece Uncle gave me as a keepsake. "I've got two hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents in the bank, but I can't get that--not now. They'll send it to me when I find a place and am settled and let them know." "You can't do it, Susie! You can't and you mustn't." "If you knew what they said to me! Oh, I _couldn't_ stay, Sam. As soon as I'm settled I'll let you know." A silence, then he, hesitatingly, "Don't you--do you--hadn't I better go with you ?" She thrilled at this generosity, this new proof of love. But she said: "No, I wouldn't let you do that. |