? ? ? ? "Yes, he has just been promoted to a place which I hoped to get for you."
? ? ? ? "It is mean," grumbled Jasper. "I have been here longer than he."
? ? ? ? "True, but he seems to be Mr. Goodnow's pet. It was an unlucky day for you when he got a place in the establishment."
? ? ? ? "Did you ask Mr. Goodnow to promote me?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, but he said he had decided to give Archer's place to Ropes."
? ? ? ? Archer was a young clerk who was obliged, on account of pulmonary weakness, to leave New York and go to Southern California.
? ? ? ? "How much does Ropes get now?"
? ? ? ? "Seven dollars a week."
? ? ? ? "And I only get five, and I am two years older. They ought to have more regard for you, Uncle James, or I, as your nephew, would get promoted."
? ? ? ? "I will see what we can do about it."
? ? ? ? "I wish Ropes would get into some scrape and get discharged."
? ? ? ? It was a new idea, but Jasper dwelt upon it, and out of it grew trouble for Rodney.
? ? ? ? James Redwood was summoned one morning to the counting room of his employer.
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