"You see, I'm flat broke, Steve, and so is everyone else, or pretty near, and if you could lend me a couple of dollars--" "I feared it wasn't all just affection," sighed Steve, reaching for his purse.

"But it was worth the price, Perry!" "Much obliged! You--you might make it three, if you don't mind.

I owe Han fifty cents and Ossie a quarter--no, thirty-five--" "Here's five, you spendthrift.

Let me have it back as soon as you can, though, for I'm down near the bottom myself." "I will, Steve.

I've sent for some and it ought to be along in a day or two.