"May I speak with you a moment, Mr. Ferguson?" he asked.
"Yes, Gilbert. What is it?"
"I hope you will excuse me for interfering in what is none of my business, but I promised Maurice I would speak to you."
"Oh, it's on Maurice's business, is it?" said the merchant.
"Yes, sir. He is very much disturbed because you have raised my salary, and have not raised his. I get twenty dollars a week, and he only ten."
"He thinks it unjust, does he?"
"Yes, sir."
"Will you ask him to step into the office, and come back here yourself?"
The two clerks were speedily in the presence of their employer.
"So you think you ought to have a higher salary, Walton?" began Mr. Ferguson.