I'd go to Europe and have a jolly time." "You can do that without a fortune." "I should like to know how ?" "Be economical, and you can save enough in three years to pay for a short trip.

Bayard Taylor was gone two years, and only spent five hundred dollars." "Oh, hang economy!" drawled Clapp.

"It don't suit me.

I should like to know how a feller's going to economize on fifteen dollars a week." "I could." "Oh, no doubt," sneered Clapp, "but a man can't starve." "Come round and take supper with me, some night," said Ferguson, good-humoredly, "and you can judge for yourself whether I believe in starving." Clapp didn't reply to this invitation.

He would not have enjoyed a quiet evening with his fellow-workman.