Or, you can pay between fifty and seventy-five dollars for a
state-room."
"Oh, goody! If it only costs ten dollars, I can get out there all right,
and still have some money left."
"I'm glad of that. Now, you sit here a few minutes, and I'll put up a
lunch for you, and then you won't have to buy any food while you are on
the train. They always charge a lot more on trains or in station
restaurants than they ought to."
"Hadn't I better pay you now?" inquired Bob.
"No. You wait until I bring the box of lunch. The boss hasn't noticed
how much you had to eat, and he'll think it's all on the check I will
ring in."
"But that isn't exactly right, is it?" protested Bob.
"Well, I'll make it right with the boss."
So well were things working out for him, that it seemed to Bob that he
must be in a dream, but the sight of the people and objects about him
told him that it was indeed a reality.
In due course the kind waitress returned, bringing a sizeable box,
tightly tied, which she placed on the table before him.
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