"But it is rightfully yours. He has no excuse for keeping it."
"I don't think I would like to speak to him on the subject," said Scott, thoughtfully.
"Then I will."
In fact, Mr. Lawton lost no time in doing as he proposed. He called at Ezra Little's house and broached the subject.
"Ezra," he said, "I understand that you have forty dollars belonging to Scott."
"I don't look upon it in that light," said Mr. Little. "I gave the boy a place in my store."
"And all you gave him was his board."
"True; but that was more than he earned."
"I don't agree with you. It strikes me, Ezra, that it is small business to take the boy's small capital and appropriate it to your own use."
Ezra Little looked incensed.