"Why not?"
"Johnson said that they wanted to pay off every man in full, and that the figuring would take several days."
"And you won't get any money till then?"
"Not a cent. My private opinion is that the company is in some sort of a financial difficulty, and only want to gain time. Mont didn't have a word to say about it when I asked him, and, I imagine he knows a good deal about his uncle's affairs."
Deb cast down her eyes in a meditative way.
"To-morrow is rent day," she said, after a pause.
"I know it. I've been thinking of it all the way home. How much have we got toward paying the six dollars?"
"Three dollars and a half." And Deb brought forth the amount from her small purse.
"Humph! I don't see what's to be done," mused Jack, as he removed his hat and sat down. "Mr. Hammerby will have to wait for his money."
"Will he?"