15,611. Did you not get a settlement with Messrs. Hay when you asked for it?-Yes; I got a fair settlement with Messrs. Hay when I went out from their shop.
15,612. Were you ever put off in the way you have mentioned when you were engaged by them?-No; and I was engaged by them for ten years.
15,613. When you went to Mr. Tait, did he settle with you when you asked for it, even before the new system?-Yes.
15,614. Did he ever put you off in that way?-No. I was out of his shop when his father was alive, and he settled with me in the same way.
15,615. Had you ever to ask him twice for your money?-No.
15,616. Did you get a settlement whenever you went there for it?-Yes.
15,617. Did you always get your money in full when you went over to ask for it from Mr. Leask?-I got what was due to me; but I generally had some things out of the shop before I went, and then I got the balance.
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15,618. Could you always get it at once without any difficulty?- Yes; I just asked for it and I got it.
15,619. Then who were the agents who put you off in the way you mentioned?-They are all dead long ago.