"I am sure I cannot tell."
"I have been to the store of Tower, Douglas & Co., to call upon Scott."
"Indeed! That was very kind of you."
"And you can imagine my surprise to find that he had been discharged."
"Is it possible?" ejaculated Seth, who at once guessed how Loammi had been misled.
"Yes."
"That is a great pity. Perhaps your father will take him back into the store."
"I don't think he will. If he don't do for Tower, Douglas & Co., he won't do for pa."
"But the poor boy must live."