"That isn't all.

I save two dollars a week; so that I actually support four on fifteen dollars a week--your salary.

What do you say to that ?" "I don't want to be mean," said Clapp.
"Nor I.

I mean to live comfortably, but of course I have to be economical." "Oh, hang economy!" said Clapp impatiently.

"The old man used to lecture me about economy till I got sick of hearing the word." "It is a good thing, for all that," persisted Ferguson.