“More than that, sir,” said Archie.
“Well, boy,” said Sir Archibald, briskly, “the security I have spoken of is all right, and–––”
“Not worth much at auction sale,” Archie interrupted, grinning.
“There’s no better security in the world,” said Sir Archibald, “than youth, integrity and capacity.”
Archie waited.
“I’ll back you,” said Sir Archibald, shortly. 205
“Father,” Archie declared, his eyes shining with a little mist of delight and affection, “I’ll stand by this thing for all I’m worth!”
They shook hands upon it.
Sir Archibald presently wrote a check and scribbled a few lines on a slip of paper. The check was for two hundred and fifty dollars; it was for running expenses and emergencies that Archie needed the hard cash. The slip of paper was an order upon the warehouses and shops for credit in the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars.