? ? ? ? "No," answered Jasper coldly. "I only get seven dollars a week."
? ? ? ? "But you have nearly all that. You only have to hand in two dollars a week to your uncle."
? ? ? ? "Look here, Philip Carton, I hope you don't expect to live off me. I have all I can do to take care of myself."
? ? ? ? Carton looked at Jasper in anger and mortification.
? ? ? ? "I begin to understand how good a friend you are," he said.
? ? ? ? "I am not fool enough to pinch myself to keep you," said Jasper bluntly. "You are a man of twenty five and I am only a boy. You ought to be able to take care of yourself."
? ? ? ? "Just give me a dollar, or lend it Jasper, and I will risk it at play. I may rise from the table with a hundred. If I do I will pay you handsomely for the loan."
? ? ? ? "I couldn't do it, Mr. Carton. I have only two dollars in my pocket, and I have none to spare."
? ? ? ? "Humph! what is that?"
? ? ? ? Philip Carton's eyes were fixed upon the sidewalk.
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