July 18th--20 boxes at 8 cents . . . . 1.60
July 20th--15 boxes at 7 cents . . . . 1.05
July 21st--10 boxes at 9 cents . . . . .90
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"$4.95"

The next week he sent off several more boxes which amounted to three
dollars according to his reckoning. He knew that the freight would
have to come out of this, which he believed would not be over one
dollar at the most. Thus he would have about seven dollars to spend
upon his suit, billy-can, axe, haversack, knife, and several other
things he saw in the scout list which had been sent from the store in
the city where the supplies were kept.

Rod showed his account to Captain Josh, and the latter believed that
the figures were about right, as he had each day found out from the
farmers what they had received for their berries. He was somewhat
surprised that Peter McDuff had sent no regular statements to Rod. He,
accordingly, made careful inquiries from several people who knew
McDuff, and what he learned gave him considerable uneasiness.




CHAPTER XV

IN THE CITY

Rod was now very anxious to buy his scout suit. He thought of the
money waiting for him in the city, and he spoke about it to Captain