Good afternoon!" "Funny old whale, isn't he ?" commented Joe when they were once more on the street.

"Suppose he knows what he's talking about ?" "Why not ?" asked Wink.

"He struck me as being rather a canny customer." "Well, he said a thousand dollars," replied Joe.

"That's a lot of money, isn't it, for an old schooner like the _Catspaw_ ?" "It isn't much for the schooner and the cargo, too," said Steve.

"I'm wondering if it oughtn't to be a lot more; say fifteen hundred.