"What amount do you want ?" "I must have a thousand dollars." "So much ?" "Yes.

But where the sum is to be obtained is more than I can divine." "Is all to go into bank ?" "No.

Six hundred is for borrowed money." "To whom is the latter due ?" "I must return three hundred to A--." "He can do without it for a few days longer." "I have just seen him; but he says it must be returned to-day." "He does ?" "Yes.

He wants to use it." Wilkinson stood thoughtfully for some time.
"Can you return the sum in a week ?" he then asked.
"O yes; easily." "Very well I'll go and ask him to loan me three hundred for a week.
He'll do it, I know.

You shall have the use of it for the time specified." "If you can get me that sum, you will place me under an everlasting obligation," said Ellis, with more feeling than he wished to display.
Twenty minutes afterward the money was in his hands.