? ? ? ? "I've got the tickets," he said, "but I had to buy them of a speculator, and they cost me more than I expected."
? ? ? ? "How much?"
? ? ? ? "Two and a half apiece. So there is no change coming back to you."
? ? ? ? "Never mind! As long as you had enough money to pay for them it is all right."
? ? ? ? As a matter of fact Wheeler bought the tickets at the box office at one dollar and fifty cent each, which left him a profit of two dollars. When he saw how easily the Western man took it he regretted not having represented that the tickets cost three dollars each.
? ? ? ? However, he decided that there would be other ways of plundering his new acquaintance. He took his seat again next to the miner.
? ? ? ? "It is not very late," he said. "Would you like a run out to Central Park or to Grant's Tomb?"
? ? ? ? "Not today. I feel rather tired. By the way, you did not mention your name."
? ? ? ? "I haven't a card with me, but my name is Louis Wheeler."
? ? ? ? "Where do you live, Mr.
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