"A dollar and thirty cents."

"I did not think it would amount to so much. The prizes came to
considerable, didn't they?"

"Listen, and I will tell you how I stand:

One pound of candy . . . . . . . . .20
Two packs of envelopes . . . . . . . .10
Prize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

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That makes . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.20

I sold the fifty packages at five cents each, and that brought me in two
dollars and a half. Taking out the expenses, it leaves me a dollar and
thirty cents. Isn't that doing well for one morning's work?"

"It's excellent; but I thought your prizes amounted to more than ninety
cents."

"So they did, but several persons who bought wouldn't take their prizes,
and that was so much gain."

"You have done very well, Paul. I wish you might earn as much every
day."

"I'm going to earn some more this afternoon. I bought a pound of candy
on the way home, and some cheap envelopes, and I'll be making up a new