"I believe you owe me thirty dollars. When are you going to pay it?"
"I can't pay it yet a while," said Luke.
"I think you had better," said the tailor quietly.
"I'll pay you as soon as I can."
"You make eleven dollars a week over and above your board and spend it on drink, billiards and fast horses. You are fully able to pay for your clothes promptly and I advise you to do it."
"I'll pay you as soon as I can."
"If you neglect to do it, I may as well tell you that I shall let it be known that you stole Walton's pocketbook."
An expression of alarm overspread Luke's face, and he hastily made the required promise. But he added, "I didn't steal it. I only found it."
"The whole story would be told, and people might think as they pleased. But it is much better for you to avoid all this by paying your bills."
Luke Harrison left the tailor's shop in a very unhappy and disgusted frame of mind.