Ezra Little was taken aback by the boy's resolute tone. On the whole, he decided not to press the demand.
"Be it so," he said; "but understand that I shall, hereafter, give you nothing but your board and lodging. When you require clothing or anything else, you must buy it yourself."
"I understand, sir."
"Seth has been talking to that boy," reflected Ezra Little. "It would serve him right for me to discharge him."
But Ezra Little knew that Scott was an excellent salesman, and that he could not supply his place at less than eight dollars a week, so he did not care to dismiss him.
"I'll bring him to terms yet," he said to himself.