'So you"re going West, are you? That is a good one. Why, you couldn"t
even get across the river to Jersey City. It takes money, money, my boy,
to travel, and you haven"t a cent. And yet you"re going West! That _is_
a good one. Do you think the trains will carry you for nothing, just for
the pleasure of having you travel on them?' and the grocer indulged
himself in another burst of laughter at what he considered his keen
wit.
