The manager did not forget. The next morning he summoned Carden, and said, quietly, "Carden, you are no longer in my employ. I will pay you to the end of the week, but I want you to leave now."
"What's that for?" growled the canvas man, looking ugly.
"It's on account of what happened last night," said the manager.
"Has that young fool been blabbing about me?"
"I have said nothing about any one."
"No, but I know Robert Rudd's been telling tales about me."
"He answered my questions, but said he didn't want to get you into trouble."
"Of course not!" sneered Carden. "He's a nice boy, he is; the young liar."
"You seem to know what he said," observed the manager, eying the man keenly.