Earning An Honest Penny

Earning an Honest Penny.

Miss Lily nestles familiarly on the lap of a young gentleman who has been paying his addresses to her big sister all through the springtime of this year. 

"Tell me, sir, are you well off?" 

"Yes, my little pet." 

"You are very well off?" 

"Why, what difference can it make to you whether I am rich or not?" 

"You see, my big sister said yesterday that she would give 20 francs to know if you were well off, and I should like to earn the money. " --Gaudriole.