Here I am twenty-five years old, and all I'm worth is two dollars and a half, and I owe more than that to the tailor." "You're as rich as I am," said Luke.

"I only get fourteen dollars a week.

That's less than you do." "A dollar more or less don't amount to much," said Clapp.

"I'll tell you what it is, Luke," he resumed after a pause, "I'm getting sick of Centreville." "So am I," said Luke, "but it don't make much difference.

If I had fifty dollars, I'd go off and try my luck somewhere else, but I'll have to wait till I'm gray-headed before I get as much as that." "Can't you borrow it ?" "Who'd lend it to me ?" "I don't know.