“You can do so—that is, after paying for it.”
Robert drew out a wallet and from his roll of bills took out sufficient to pay for the new suit.
Mr. Conway went to the cashier’s desk. The two had a conversation together. Then the stout gentleman was called to the desk. Robert saw them open a copy of a morning paper and read a paragraph, looking at him after reading it. He wondered what it all meant.
Presently Conway came back and asked him to walk up to the desk.
Robert did so, wonderingly.
“You seem to have a good deal of money with you,” commenced the stout gentleman.
“Yes, sir,” answered Robert composedly.
“A great deal of money for a boy dressed as you are,” continued the speaker pointedly.
Robert began to understand now, and he replied proudly:
“Do you generally ask your customers how much money they have?”