Just then a man paid two dollars for a very plain supper.
"That makes my pay seven dollars," said Joe to himself.

"If I can get steady work, I can get rich very quick," he thought.
There was one thing, however, that Joe did not take into account.

If his earnings were likely to be large, his expenses would be large, too.

So he might receive a good deal of money and not lay up a cent.
"Shall you have any more work to do ?" asked Joe.
"Not shoost now," answered the German.

"You can look round in a week.