"Gladly, if you will call me Scott. I want to ask Mr. Kent about his early acquaintance with my poor father."
The evening was spent in social chat, and it was ten o'clock before Scott left his new friends.
"I shall expect to see you on Monday morning at the store, Harold," he said, as he went away.
CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION.
Three days later, in the early evening, Loammi Little met Harold in the street.
"Hi, you boy!" he said, with malicious pleasure; "you lost your place at my father's store, didn't you?"
"Yes," answered Harold, calmly.
"That will teach you to treat me with respect hereafter."