In five more, if nothing happens, I should be worth a thousand dollars.

Journeymen printers don't get rich very fast." "I hope to have saved up something myself, in five years," said Harry.
"Then our plan may come to pass, after all.

You shall be editor, and I publisher." "I should think you would prefer to be an editor," said his wife.
"I am diffident of my powers in the line of composition," said Ferguson.

"I shouldn't be afraid to undertake local items, but when it comes to an elaborate editorial, I should rather leave it in other hands." "I always liked writing," said Harry.

"Of course I have only had a school-boy's practice, but I mean to practise more in my leisure hours." "Suppose you write a poem for the 'Gazette,' Walton." Harry smiled.
"I am not ambitious enough for that," he replied.