CHAPTER XIX
MR. CASEY BUYS A HOUSE
Aunt Susan at once began to make plans. In the meanwhile Mr. Casey asked Mr. Hollister and his mother to give him a few moments conversation on business.
“I understand that ye own this house, ma’am,” he began. “What would ye sell it for?”
Mrs. Hollister looked at her son.
“Why?” she asked.
“Because I’m about to buy a house for Nora and the Doctor, and I want to buy one in this neighborhood. I also have a proposition to make to ye, Mr. Hollister. Frankly, what might be yere salary?”
Mr. Hollister reddened.
“I mean no disrespect or pryin’, sir. It is a business proposition I have to make to ye, before I do to anyone else.”
“My salary is three thousand a year, Mr. Casey,” said Archibald Hollister. “I’m with an old and respected firm and have been with them for thirty years.”