“Thank you, Mr. Hastings.”
“I am a poor man. Still I make no condition. When you come to your own you will not forget that I helped you to it.”
“I shall not forget it, Mr. Hastings. Do I understand that you will be ready to give your testimony whenever I may call upon you?”
“I promise it. When do you leave Brentwood?”
“To-morrow morning, but it will not be long before you will hear from me.”
CHAPTER XXXVII.
A LETTER FROM GULCHVILLE.
When Gerald returned to St. Louis after a longer trip than he had originally contemplated, he was cordially received.
“You have succeeded remarkably well, Gerald,” said his employer. “I have never before employed so young a traveling salesman, and I may add that I have never sent one out of any age who succeeded as well on his first trip.”