You see, a schooner like that costs quite a lot of money when it's new.

And then, as Mr.Hyatt said, lumber is high right now, and there's a pile of it on board." "A thousand will suit me all right," said Joe.

"A twelfth of a thousand is--is--" "A thirteenth you mean," corrected Steve.

"Don't forget Neil." "And don't count your chickens until they're hatched," Wink advised.
"It's unlucky, Joe." They found the other members of the expedition in various states of coma induced by a hearty dinner and lack of sleep, but they were all wide awake when Steve announced the result of the visit to the lawyer.
"Gee!" exclaimed "Brownie." "A thousand dollars! He's fooling, isn't he?
Why, I thought we'd get maybe three hundred!" "A thousand isn't a cent too much," said Perry.

"Come to think of it, fellows, I earned that much myself!" "Just a minute, fellows," said Steve, interrupting the jeers that greeted Perry's statement.