“Do you mean to say I took them?” asked Eben.
“I won't bring a charge unless I can prove it, but I shall watch you pretty closely after this.”
“In that case, I don't wish to work for you any longer; I throw up the situation,” said Eben, loftily.
“Verv well. When are you going to leave town?”
“I ain't going to leave town at present.”
“Where are you going to board, then?”
Eben regarded his father in dismay.
“You're not going to send me adrift, are you?” he asked, in consternation.
“I'm not going to support you in idleness; if you give up your situation in the store, you'll have to go to work for somebody else.”
“I wish I could,” thought Eben, thinking of the rich young man at the hotel, from whom he had sought a position as companion.