From this, when she had received it from his hand, the girl abstracted two ten and one five dollar bills, all crisp and new.
"Good gracious!" she cried, delightedly.

"All this wealth, and you pleading poverty ?" "I never said I was a pauper," returned Uncle John, complacently.
"You couldn't, and be truthful, sir," declared the girl.

"Why, this will last for ages, and I'll put it away safe and be liberal with your allowance.

Let me see," pushing the coins about with her slender fingers, "you just keep the forty-two cents, Uncle John.

It'll do for car-fare and a bit of lunch now and then, and when you get broke you can come to me." "He smokes," observed the Major, significantly.
"Bah! a pipe," said Patsy.