"You are as well dressed as most of the boys who work in the store."
"They are cash boys, while I am behind the counter. Besides, I don't ask you to pay out of your own pocket."
"That is just what I will have to do if I comply with your request."
"You have forty dollars of mine, Mr. Little; the money I handed you when I went into the store."
"You seem to forget that this is to pay the difference between what you receive—a home—and what you would get in any other store like mine."
"Don't you think I earn my board?" asked Scott, mortified.
"No, of course not. Did Mr. Lawton put you up to asking for new clothes?"
"He said he thought I needed some new ones."
"Just as I thought. It won't be long, probably, before he wants you to borrow money on his account."
"I don't think he will ask for any."