Mr. Little did not think of the matter again till the superintendent told him on Saturday night: "One of the cash boys has resigned his place."
"Who is it?"
"William Mead."
"It is all the bad advice of Seth Lawton," he reflected. "He is a perfect meddler. Probably his mother will be here in a day or two to beg me to take him back."
But no such application came. Willie had obtained a place on Grand Street at four dollars a week.
Scott continued to enjoy the companionship of Seth Lawton, but sometimes Cousin Seth was out of the city for days at a time, in which event Scott was thrown back on the company of Loammi, but this gave him very little satisfaction.
One evening Loammi happened upon his cousin coming out of a store on Sixth Avenue.
"Have you been buying anything?" he asked.
"Yes."