"We don't take the goods back," was the firm reply. "Everything that goes out has been ordered and is charged to the account of the one taking the goods out."
"Who takes the orders?"
"Our canvassers."
"But the orders may not be good," suggested the boy. "People sometimes change their minds, especially when they've been talked into buying."
"The orders are always good. Besides, if a person refuses to honor his order all you've got to do is to turn round and sell the packages to some one else. Come, what do you say? You'd better try it. It's a good offer."
"I haven't got the money," was Richard's reply.
And for some reason he was glad of the fact.
"Better get it then and go to work," urged the merchant. "You can't make seven dollars a week easier."
"I'll think it over," replied the boy.
There was something in the offer that did not strike him favorably, and indeed it was a good thing that he was not in a position to accept it.