"Well, I reckon he wouldn't have you unless you were all right," said Mr. Hinks. "I've got a new man on but he don't suit—he's too fussy and particular. Last night he left his desk and ran all the way to the sidewalk to give a man a dollar bill which he had forgotten."
"Well, that shows he is honest," said Robert, with a laugh.
"Yes, but my desk might have been robbed in the meantime."
"I suppose that is true."
"I don't want a man to be so honest as all that,—that is, with the customers,—although he must be honest with me. If a customer is foolish enough to leave his change behind, why let him lose it, that's my motto. What do you want a week?"
"I was getting twelve dollars."
"Phew! That's pretty stiff."
"I might start in for less."
"I never pay a man over five dollars."