"I had hoped that, as you are going up without a load, anyway, you might be willing to take our outfit up for a few dollars.

It would be that much to the good for you, wouldn't it ?" "Hardly," Billy replied.

"Carrying a load takes more out of a team than an empty wagon does.

You can see that, can't you ?" "Ye-es," Dick nodded thoughtfully.

"But, you see, we're only boys, and we can't talk money quite like men yet." "Some men can't do anything with money except talk about it," Billy Heckler grinned.