`` Sorry , but I ca n't this time . Do n't you worry ; I shall think of something . '' `` Could n't your mother help ? '' `` Do n't wish to ask her . '' `` Why ! ca n't she know ? '' `` Nobody can . '' `` How queer ! Is it a scrape , Jack ? '' asked Jill , looking as curious as a magpie . `` It is likely to be , if I ca n't get out of it this week , somehow . '' `` Well , I do n't see how I can help if I 'm not to know anything ; '' and Jill seemed rather hurt . `` You can just stop asking questions , and tell me how a fellow can earn some money . That would help . I 've got one dollar , but I must have some more ; '' and Jack looked worried as he fingered the little gold dollar on his watch-guard . `` Oh , do you mean to use that ? '' `` Yes , I do ; a man must pay his debts if he sells all he has to do it , '' said Jack sternly . `` Dear me ; it must be something very serious . '' And Jill lay quite still for five minutes , thinking over all the ways in which Jack ever did earn money , for Mrs. Minot liked to have her boys work , and paid them in some way for all they did . `` Is there any wood to saw ? ''
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