"Evidently Mr. Rogers thinks money will cover everything," said Robert. "Well, it wouldn't cover everything with me."
"I'd like to see old Rogers git one good wallopin'—an' so would all of the boys around here. He won't let none of us around the packing house to see what's going on. He calls us all a set of thieves."
"He certainly must be a hard man to work for," concluded Robert. "I don't want to go near him," and with this remark he walked back the way he had come.
CHAPTER XVII.
ROBERT IS GIVEN A MISSION.
"Well, what luck?" asked Livingston Palmer, when he and Robert met again.
"No luck at all," answered Robert.
"That's bad."