"But we may soon be in need of quite a bit of money.

Wouldn't it be better to hold on to our fruit of the mint ?" "When we sell the canoe we'll have plenty of money," suggested Danny Grin.
"Very true, old Smilax," nodded Dave.

"But what if Dick doesn't sell it ?" "Then we won't have plenty of money," responded Greg promptly.
"If Dick doesn't make a sale to the parties he has gone to see," Dave went on argumentatively, "we may want money to buy him a ticket to some other town.

It won't be wise to spend our little capital until we see some more money coming in." "That sounds like common sense," agreed Reade, dropping his dimes back into his pocket.

"Still, I'm sorry that we're not rich enough to finance the ice cream proposition and still have enough capital left." "So am I sorry," sighed Danny Grin.