"Very well. I'll pay you the money to-morrow. I'm short to-day."
Knowing that with all his sharp business practice Mr. Benton was a man of his word, the young machinist did not object to waiting for his cash.
In his excitement he forgot all about Mr. Hammerby and the rent that must be paid.
It was fully an hour before the necessary papers were drawn up and signed, and then with hasty steps Jack made his way home.
Deb met him at the door, and at once he had to give her the particulars of what had been done.
"Never mind, anything is better than having you in prison," she said when he had finished. "And it may be just as well to have Mr. Benton for a partner now as to give him the chance of getting the whole thing later on."
Deb was delighted to learn that they were to receive fifty dollars in cash the next day.
"I'll be so glad to get rid of that horrid agent," she declared, and showed Jack the notice to quit.
In looking it over he discovered that it had been dated the day before.
"The mean fellow!" he exclaimed. "He thinks to get us out one day sooner than the law allows. Won't he be astonished when I pull out the roll of bills and pay him?"