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"Make it seven," shouts a coarse voice from the very heart of the mass of humanity. And seven it is to be. The bulletin is being cleared for a fresh notice. "Bet you it's a Banker this time," a book-keeper, who had deserted his desk to get the latest news, says jestingly. "Ah, it'll be a dead shoemaker next," laughingly exclaims a messenger boy who has heard the book-keeper's remark.
"Well, what's a hundred and fifty to you?" I rejoined. "You talk as if you had to live on a book-keeper's salary, with a large family to support." He smiled nervously and twirled the ring on his thin finger. "I know I know that's all very well. But for twenty tables that I don't buy I can send some fellow abroad and unseal his eyes." "Oh, hang it, do both!"
They, from long residence, know the best manner of working the land; and, as to the manufacture of sugar, they are the persons who have all their lives been working at it. The most important part of an overseer and book-keeper's business was to make use of their eyes.
'You are a cold, calculating wretch. 'Nothing of the sort. I merely have my senses about me, and you haven't at this particular moment. You wouldn't think of trusting a book-keeper's figures without seeing his vouchers.
"I, sir," said Arthur, stepping forward. "What do you know about it? what have you been accustomed to doing anything more than sweeping out and cleaning the lamps?" "I never swept out, or cleaned a lamp, in my life, sir. I have sold goods, and sometimes taken charge of the books in the book-keeper's absence."
It's all Edith Edith Edith." "And he is engaged to Miss Smyth?" Weston struck his legging a sharp blow with his stick. "Confound it!" he cried, "I can't get it out of my head that our book-keeper's name is Smyth." "But Tim knows, surely," said I. "Yes he must," answered Weston. "Of course I'm wrong. But this Miss Parker are they engaged?" "I can't tell from his last letter," I replied.
But if I could have written down all the points made about business they would have been eagerly read by my present audience. One man was cursing the book-keeper, as is usual, when a merchant said: "There are always two sides to every question, and there is a good deal to be said from the book-keeper's stand-point.
"And, perhaps, Tim, you'll send Edith along to help us. We women of Black Log are so clumsy." "A good idea," said Weston. "Capital. You must bring Miss Smyth up, too, Tim." "Parker," I corrected, "Edith Parker." "But is it Parker?" Weston appealed to my brother. "Mark tells me she's the book-keeper's daughter. Has old Smyth gone?" "No," Tim stammered, very much confused.
Up to this time the book-keeper had not noticed Dick's watch-chain. Now that his attention was drawn not only to that, but to the beautiful gold watch which Dick carried, he was not a little surprised. "Whose watch is that?" he asked, abruptly. "Mine," said Dick, briefly, rather enjoying the book-keeper's surprise. "How did you come by it?" "Honestly," said Dick. "Is it gold, or only plated?"
He believed them, liked them heartily because they said nothing about references, and gratefully distended himself with their husks, until Ristofalo opened his eyes by saying, when one of these men had disappointed Richling the third time: "Business man don't promise but once." "You lookin' for book-keeper's place?" asked the Italian at another time. "Why don't dress like a book-keeper?"
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