I've seen the time I was eager for money meself, and there's not a miserly hair on me bald head.

But exceptions prove the rule.

I'll watch our smiling Thomas and make a report later." Within half an hour he was telling Hucks a funny story and slapping the old man upon the back as familiarly as if he had known him for years.

He found an opportunity that same day to give Thomas a dollar in return for a slight service, and was amazed at the eagerness with which the coin was clutched and the earnestness of the thanks expressed.

It really did seem as if the man was fond of money.