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Just as he was turning towards the shore again, each of the strangers tossed a half-dollar into his boat. He picked the silver up and looked at it. Ah, how rich he felt! He had never had so much money at one time. And he had gotten all for a few minutes' labor! When winter came on, there were fewer people who wanted to cross the river.
It is the most wonderful thing I ever heard of; by a long shot the most wonderful and unexpected. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Rogers had arrived, meantime, with satchels and umbrellas, and had silently listened to the captain's news. Thompson put a half-dollar in my hand and said softly 'For my share of the chromo. Rogers followed suit.
He thought Mass'r Richard would gib him a quarter, mebbe a half-dollar." "Did you think so, also, Harriet?" "Dem's de house perquisites, Miss Phill. Moke has nothin' 't all to do wid de house perquisites." "Moke has been sick, has he not?" "Had de fever, he says." "Is he not one of your classmates? I think I have heard you say he was 'a powerful member' of Uncle Isaac's class."
Jack's monthly half-dollar had been spent the first week, twenty-five cents for a concert, ten paid a fine for keeping a book too long from the library, ten more to have his knife ground, and five in candy, for he dearly loved sweeties, and was under bonds to Mamma not to spend more than five cents a month on these unwholesome temptations.
Before going out, I stepped into the office of the stable, slipped a half-dollar into the hostler's palm and asked him once more to be sure to have the horses fed at half-past five in the morning. Then I left. A slight haze filled the air, not heavy enough to blot out the stars; but sufficient to promise hoarfrost at least. Somehow there was no reason to despair as yet of Christmas weather.
"You're mistaken," he said to the waiter. "This gentleman is starving; he has not tasted food for twenty-four hours. Give him whatever he asks for!" The Object scowled and the waiter grinned behind his tin tray, and had the impudence to wink at Van Bibber, who recovered from this in time to give the man a half-dollar and so to make of him a friend for life.
The door slammed violently, and Saxon, ere she fell to crying again, could hear her sister-in-law lumbering about the kitchen and talking loudly to herself. Each bought her own ticket at the entrance to Weasel Park. And each, as she laid her half-dollar down, was distinctly aware of how many pieces of fancy starch were represented by the coin.
At Grand Street a German boarded the car and proffered a bad half-dollar in payment of his fare. The conductor bit it and gave it back with a grunt of contempt. The German fell into a state of excitement at once. "Vat!" he shouted, "it vas pad?" and slapped the coin down on the wooden seat with all his might, that we might hear the ring.
"It's fifty cents!" cried Jerry, his lips unsealed at last, and he scrambled eagerly for the coin. "Well, there's nothing very painful in that, is there?" laughed Mr. Barton. Jerry rose, clutching the dirty half-dollar tightly, a light of joyful anticipation in his eyes. "There's not much need of asking what you will spend it for," observed the drug clerk.
She hesitated a moment, smilingly and tentatively, and then held out a bright half-dollar. Leonidas backed from the fence. "I'd rather not," he said shyly. "But as a present from ME?" Leonidas colored he was really proud; and he was also bright enough to understand that the possession of such unbounded wealth would provoke dangerous inquiry at home.
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