Let him go!" "He objected to the light in the workroom, didn't he ?" went on the cross-examiner, carefully piecing the situation together bit by bit.
"He could see for thirty-seven years, till everybody talks about moving; then he goes crazy," blurted Ersten.
"Won't you look at this place ?" he was urged.

"Let me show it to you to-morrow." "I stay where I am," sullenly declared Ersten, still angry.

"We miss my train." Close told the driver to go on.

Before Ersten alighted at the terminal, Johnny made one more attempt upon him.
"If a majority of your best customers insisted that they liked the new shop better would you look at the other place ?" he asked.
"My customers don't run my business either!" he puffed.
"Good-by," stated Mr.Kurzerhosen, who had been looking steadily at the opposite side of the street throughout the journey.

"I thank you." Close stared at Johnny in silence for a moment after their guests had gone.
"I told you so," he said.