Friday noon
He had asked for lodging , and offered to pay for it , as well as for his supper and breakfast . Why could n't he do the same ? He liked the suggestion , and from that time , wherever he happened to be , he asked for lodging , or the meal he required , and he always proposed to pay for what he had , but very few would take any thing . On Friday noon he had sold out . Returning to the railroad station , he found that the train would not leave for the city for an hour ; so he improved the time in examining and balancing his accounts . The book sales amounted to just fifty dollars , and after his ticket to Boston was paid for , his expenses would amount to one dollar and fifty cents , leaving a balance in his favor of fifteen dollars . He was overjoyed with the result , and pictured the astonishment with which his mother , Squire Lee , and Annie would listen to the history of his excursion .