"Not much, except what Mark brings in."
"They'll be asking credit soon, Enoch. Don't trust them till you've referred to me."
"No, sir, I won't."
On his way home Mark met the cause of his discharge, James Collins, accompanied as usual by his friend, Tom Wyman.
"Hallo!" said James, eying Mark, triumphantly.
"Hallo!"
"Why ain't you at the shop?"
"Probably you know."
"Yes, I do know. You've been discharged."
"I suppose I am indebted to your kindness for that."