Been fired ?" "No; just happen to be short of cash, and need to eat.

I 'll hand it to you tomorrow." "I 've heard that song before.

I reckon you 'll have to try your luck somewhere else, unless you 've got the price." "That's the last word, is it ?" "Sure thing," indifferently.

"Nothing doing." Realizing the utter uselessness of argument, or of exhibiting my large bills, I reached inside my coat, unpinned, and held before him on the desk a bronze medal, fastened to a colored ribbon.
"Well, is this good for the price ?" I questioned.

"There 's two of us." The round-faced cashier bent forward to look, his eyes widening with aroused interest.