"What's his name?"
"Blakewell."
"Oh, I know him. Very well; send him along, and if his paper is good, I'll discount it."
"You'll find it first-rate," said the gentleman.
"How much shall I charge him?" This was Mr. Edgar's first thought, so soon as he was alone. Even as he asked himself the question, the young mechanic entered.
"You take good paper, sometimes?" said the latter, in a hesitating manner.
The countenance of Mr. Edgar became, instantly, very grave.
"Sometimes I do," he answered, with assumed indifference.
"I have a note of Leyden & Co.'s that I wish discounted," said
Blakewell.
"For how much?"