“Don’t worry about that,” sneered the man. “They would never bother about giving you notice if they wanted you to leave. They’d fire you in a second, if it suited them. Why should you give any notice?”
The man appeared so eager, and seemed to place so much importance on Larry’s taking the offer, that the boy became more suspicious than ever, that all was not as it should be.
“I will think it over,” said he. “If you will leave me your card I’ll write to you.”
“If you don’t take the offer at once I can’t hold it open,” said the man, in rather unpleasant tones. “However, here’s my card. If you come to your senses, and decide to work for my company, why, I’ll see what I can do for you. Though I can’t promise anything after to-day. You’ll have to take your chance with others.”
“I’ll be willing to do that if I decide to come.”
“Hello, Larry!” exclaimed a voice, and Mr. Newton came around the corner of the corridor. “You here yet?”
“I was waiting for you to come back,” replied Larry. “Mr. Emberg told me to stay, and see that nothing broke loose while you were at lunch.”
“Anything doing?”
“Not a thing.” Larry turned to see if the stranger was at his side, but, to his surprise, the man had vanished.
“What did he want?” asked Mr. Newton, with a nod of his head toward where the man had been standing.