“Right off.”
“Will you stay here three days, to initiate my young friend into the mysteries of the business?”
“Oh, yes; I’ll do that willingly.”
“Then I will buy you out.”
In five minutes the business was settled.
“Joe,” said Morgan, “let me congratulate you. You are now one of the business men of San Francisco.”
“It seems like a dream to me, Mr. Morgan,” said Joe. “This morning when I waked up I wasn’t worth a cent.”
“And now you own five hundred dollars,” said Mr. Morgan, laughing.
“That wasn’t exactly the way I thought of it, sir, but are you not afraid to trust me to that amount?”
“No, I am not, Joe,” said Morgan seriously. “I think you are a boy of energy and integrity. I don’t see why you shouldn’t succeed.”