Doggone you boys, anyhow, cain't you see I want ter get started on this job ?" "Say, Anderson," said Harry Squires, the reporter, "I'd like to ask if there is any one in Tinkletown, male or female, who can afford to pay you a thousand dollars a year for taking care of that kid ?" "What's that ?" slowly oozed from Anderson's lips.
"You heard what I said.

Say, don't you know you can bring up a kid in this town for eleven or twelve dollars a year ?" "You don't know what you're talkin' about," burst from Anderson's indignant lips, but he found instant excuse to retire from the circle of speculators.

A few minutes later he and his wife were surreptitiously re-reading the note, both filled with the fear that it said $10.00 instead of $1000..