Poor, but honest, hey?
And it costs a lot of money to be towed and an engine would cost a hundred and fifty dollars.

Nix on the engine, you can bet.
But, oh, boy, there's one thing Mr.Ellsworth said and it's true, I've got to admit that.

He said that good turns are good investments--he says they pay a hundred percent.

That's even better than Liberty Bonds.
You don't get it back in money, but you get it back in fun--what's the difference?
Well, we did a good turn, and oh, believe me, there was _some_ come back! One day a tug came up our river on its way up to North Bridgeboro.
That's where the mill is.

And there wasn't anybody there to open the bridge so it could get through.