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"Is there such a sub id the world?"

"Why it isn't a very enormous sum!"

"I dod't thidk there is such a sub; I dever had such a sub id by possessiod! I should like to see the bad who has got ted poudds. There was a swell, add his nabe was Crœsus, who bight have had ted poudds by hib; but I dever yet heard of a Crœsus secuddus."

"Nay, but joking apart, Tom; will you let me have ten pounds for a few days?"

"By dear fellow, ask be for ted drops of blood, add I'll give eb to you freely; but what state of bide do you ibagide the old people would be id if they fadcied I had the sub of ted poudds by be? They have dever yet let be have such ad aboudt of buddy. Ted poudds! Wouldd't I have a flare-up with ted poudds!"

"Well," said Sylvester, "it's a matter of slight importance. I did want twenty, but as I've only ten, I must make ten do for to-day."

"Stop!" cried Tom; "a thought strikes be. Did you ever go to by udcles?"

"No; I never knew that you had one."

"Greed, Syl! still extrebely greed. I dever saw hib; but all our fellows have: he is, I believe, dearly related to the lot. Dow, I'll tell you what it is, Syl, I haved't ted poudds, but I've a watch which did, I believe, origidally belodg to by graddbother's graddfather's secodd wife's bother, add which I udderstadd is worth thirty. If, therefore, you thidk that we cad buster up courage edough to take this to the pawdbroker's, I've doe doubt he'll ledd us the sub of ted poudds upod it."

"Oh, I've a watch, too! But I don't know how to manage it."

"Oh, we'll badage it sobehow. Let's take theb both, add if bide isd't valuable edough, you kdow, he cad hold yours as well."

"Mine's worth more than twenty pounds."

"Well, but there's dothidg at all like beidg sure. Cobe alodg, add let's try our luck. I should like to see what sort of a swell this udiversal relatiod of madkide is."

They accordingly went to a pawnbroker's shop, and looked artfully in at the window for a time, and then walked on a little, and turned and returned, and examined the goods in the window again; and then anxiously looked up the street and then down, with the view of ascertaining if any one were watching them.

"Well," said Tom, at length, "shall we go id?"

"Why," returned Sylvester, "I don't at all like the idea. Suppose any one were to see us?"

"That would be awkward, certaidly. But bight they dot thidk that we wedt id to buy sobething?"

"Well, it is true they might think so. But really I don't at all fancy the thing."

"Well, I'll tell you what I'll do," said Tom. "Perhaps it doesd't look well for two fellows like us to go id together; I'll toss you for the chadce—such a chadce as it is: heads, I go id: tails, you go.

"Agreed," said Sylvester; and when they had removed from the window Tom tossed, and the result was a head.