? ? ? ? So three months passed. Rodney stood well in with Mr. Goodnow, and was promoted to stock clerk. The discipline which he had revived as a student stood him in good stead, and enabled him to make more rapid advancement than some who had been longer in the employ of the firm. In particular he was promoted over the head of Jasper Redwood, a boy two years older than himself, who was the nephew of an old employee who had been for fifteen years in the house.
? ? ? ? Jasper's jealousy was aroused, and he conceived a great dislike for Rodney, of which Rodney was only partially aware.
? ? ? ? For this dislike there was really no cause. Rodney stood in his way only because Jasper neglected his duties, and failed to inspire confidence. He was a boy who liked to spend money and found his salary insufficient, though he lived with his uncle and paid but two dollars a week for his board.
? ? ? ? "Uncle James," he said one day, "when do you think I will get a raise?"
? ? ? ? "You might get one now if it were not for the new boy."
? ? ? ? "You mean Ropes.
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