"That's going to bring down our balance a whole lot, Abe," he said.
"Only for a week, Mawruss," Abe corrected, "and then we'll sell it again."
"Whose order do I write it to, Abe?" Morris inquired.
"I forgot to ask that," Abe replied.
"Gunst & Baumer?" Morris asked.
"They ain't the owners of it, Mawruss," said Abe. "They're only the brokers."
"Maybe Sol Klinger is selling it to the stock-exchange people and they're selling it to us," Morris suggested.
"Sol Klinger ain't going to sell his. He's going to hang on to it. Maybe it's this young feller what I see there, Mawruss, only I don't know his name."
"Well, then, I'll make it out to Potash & Perlmutter, and you can indorse it when you get there," said Morris.
At this juncture a customer entered, and Abe took him into the show-room, while Morris wrote out the check. For almost an hour and a half Abe displayed