"Then I will stay while you need me. I don't want to leave you in a hole."
Simon Rich went to the money drawer and drew out a five-dollar bill.
"Here is your pay to the end of the week," he said.
"I prefer to accept pay only to to-day," replied Andy.
"As you please."
Andy walked out of the store feeling crushed and overwhelmed. He was all at sea concerning the pawn ticket. He could not understand how it got into his pocket.
He formed a resolution. He would go around to the pawnbroker's and see if he could obtain any information.
He found the pawn shop without difficulty. It was a small apartment, but seemed quite full of goods of all varieties.
A small man of perhaps sixty was behind the counter. Seated in a rocking-chair, sewing, an old lady was to be seen in the rear of the shop.
Andy had never before been in a pawn shop, and would have been interested in examining it if his errand had not been so serious.