? ? ? ? "What is it?"
? ? ? ? "I want you to lend me ten dollars."
? ? ? ? Rodney was not mean, but he knew very well that a loan to Jasper would be a permanent one. Had Jasper been his friend even this consideration would not have inspired a refusal, but he knew very well that Jasper had not a particle of regard for him.
? ? ? ? "I don't think I can oblige you, Jasper," he said.
? ? ? ? "Why not? You get fifteen dollars a week."
? ? ? ? "My expenses are considerable. Besides I am helping Mike, whose salary is very small. I pay the whole of the rent and I have paid for some clothes for him."
? ? ? ? "You are spending your money very foolishly," said Jasper frowning.
? ? ? ? "Would I spend it any less foolishly if I should lend you ten dollars?"
? ? ? ? "There is some difference between Mike Flynn and me. I am a gentleman."
? ? ? ? "So is Mike."
? ? ? ? "A queer sort of gentleman! He is only a poor telegraph boy."
? ? ? ? "Still he is a gentleman.
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