Almost before she realized it, Mrs. Golden had given up the broom to Sue, and the little girl was sweeping the store, while Bunny waited for his turn.
Suddenly the doorway was darkened, and a big man with a bushy black beard came stalking in.
"Where's Mrs. Golden?" he asked, looking at some papers in his hand. "I want to see Mrs. Golden," and his voice was cross.
"I'm Mrs. Golden," answered the old lady. "What can I do for you?"
"The best thing you can do is to pay that money!" snapped the man.
CHAPTER XIV
THE CROSS MAN
Bunny and Sue had at first paid no attention to the big man with the black beard who entered the little corner grocery store so suddenly. The children thought he was a customer come to buy some groceries.
But when the man, in that cross voice, said Mrs. Golden had better pay him some money, Bunny and Sue looked sharply at him, Sue holding on to the broom.