Bill and Ted and Al (Bill in front) pounced on John's book; but they had barely time to put pencil to it before John cried out:
"Seven less on the credit!" and Bill had the pleasure of correcting his own mistake on John's book.
He knew perfectly, poor fellow, his incompetence.—Page [449].
"Footing?" he queried, moodily.
"Yes," said John, without looking up, as he ran his pencil down another row of figures.
"Seven cents on the 'first' footing," he called again, almost immediately. "More on the credit this time, Bill. Makes it just 850.50, doesn't it?"
Bill, however, did not answer, but edged out between Ted and Al, and went to work on his own pass-books, errors in which did not appear "in cash."