"If he does," Feldman replied. "I won't charge you a cent; otherwise it'll be two hundred and fifty dollars."
He touched the bell in token of dismissal.
"This fellow, Grossman, is certainly a big money-maker," he said to himself, after Abe had gone, "for me."
The following Saturday Abe sat in the show-room making up the weekly payroll, and with his own hand he drew a check to the order of Louis Grossman for forty dollars.
"Mawruss," he said, "do me the favor and go upstairs to Louis Grossman. You know what to say to him."
"Why should I go, Abe?" Morris said. "You know the whole plan. You saw Feldman."
"But it don't look well for me," Abe rejoined. "Do me the favor and go yourself."
Morris shrugged his shoulders and departed, while Abe turned to the pages of the Daily Cloak and Suit Record to bridge over the anxious period of Morris' absence. The first item that struck his eye appeared under the heading, "Alterations and Improvements."
"The Bon Ton Credit Outfitting Company, Isaac Herzog, Proprietor," it read, "is about to open a manufacturing department, and will, on and after June 1, do all its own manufacturing and alterations in the enlarged store premises, Nos. 5940, 5942 and 5946 Second Avenue."
Abe laid down the paper with a sigh.