"Well, Hymie," Abe replied, "so long as you can't get them diamonds back for two weeks keep the thousand
dollars for two weeks and we won't charge you no interest nor nothing."
"No, siree," Hymie said; "either I pay you the thousand now, Abe, or I don't pay it you for three months, and no interest nor nothing."
Abe looked at Morris, who nodded his head slowly.
"What do we care, Abe," he said, "two weeks or three months is no difference now, ain't it?"
"I'm agreeable, then, Hymie," Abe declared.
"All right," Hymie said eagerly; "put it down in writing and sign it, and I am satisfied you should keep the diamonds three months."
Abe sat down at his desk and scratched away for five minutes.
"Here it is, Hymie," he said at last. "Hyman Kotzen and Potash & Perlmutter agrees it that one thousand dollars what he lent it off of them should not be returned for three months from date, no interest nor nothing. And also, that Potash & Perlmutter should not give up the diamonds, neither. POTASH & PERLMUTTER."
"That's all right," Hymie said. He folded the paper into his pocketbook and turned to Morris.