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`` It only cost fourteen dollars in all . '' `` That comes near enough to the amount , '' replied Mr. Weston , `` and you will oblige me by thinking that you have simply had returned to you the money you paid out . As for Ben and Johnny , who took charge of Paul when he was sadly in need of some one 's care , I have got what I hope will be a pleasant surprise in store for them ; and if they will come to the hotel at nine o'clock in the morning , Paul and I will show them what it is . '' There was very little opportunity for any one to make a reply , for as Mr. Weston spoke he arose from the table , and then added , `` Now go and see all that you can until five o'clock , and then we will start for home . '' It was a tired party who landed in New York quite early that evening , some going to Mrs. Green 's and two to the hotel ; but they were quite as happy as they were weary , and had had such a day of enjoyment as they had never even dreamed of before , which could be set down to the credit of the kind act of befriending a homeless boy . If Mrs. Green had been able to have understood what five children were saying to her at one time , she would have had a very clear idea of that day of pleasure ; but as it was , when each was eager to tell the story , and all spoke together , she had only a general idea until she was alone with Nelly . After the attempt to enlighten her as to where they had been and what they had seen , the conversation turned upon the surprise which Mr. Weston said he had for Ben and Johnny , and many were the speculations as to what it might be .