"He thinks that a serious matter. He thinks I ought to discharge you. My own feeling is that you treated him just right."
Julian looked paralyzed.
"And to make up to you for his malicious attempt to injure you, I will raise your salary two dollars a week."
"Thank you, sir."
"As for you, young man, I don't wish to see you in the store again. James, you may show Mr. Lorimer out."
Julian lost no time in getting out of the place. He had never felt so humiliated before. It would be hard to describe his blended rage and mortification. It was certainly aggravating to reflect that he had only succeeded in raising Mr. Benton's salary.
CHAPTER XXIV. LESLIE'S PROGRESS.
Leslie Waters obtained the situation of bell-boy through Rupert's recommendation, and entered upon his duties at once. He had failed in his ambition to become an actor. With his elevated ideas of the position of a member of the profession, he did not immediately become reconciled to figuring as a bell-boy, but it enabled him to live in the great city, which became daily more and more attractive to him.