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? ? ? ? "I think I will stay," said Gordon in a submissive tone.
? ? ? ? "It is too late. You have discharged yourself. You can't stay here on any terms."
? ? ? ? Gordon left Oreville the next day a sorely disappointed man, for he had received more liberal pay than he was likely to command elsewhere. The young landlord had triumphed.
? ? ? ? At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: "I've been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected. How much did I agree to pay you?"
? ? ? ? "A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----"
? ? ? ? "Too much? Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty."
? ? ? ? "You can't be in earnest, Mr. Pettigrew?"
? ? ? ? "I am entirely so."
? ? ? ? "That is at the rate of three thousand dollars a year!"
? ? ? ? "Yes, but you are earning it."
? ? ? ? "You know I am only a boy."
? ? ? ? "That doesn't make any difference as long as you understand your business.
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