I've been told, but I want to make sure.

Savvy ?" There was a long delay while the clerk consulted the tariff schedules, and Annixter fretted impatiently.

Dyke, growing uneasy, leaned heavily on his elbows, watching the clerk anxiously.

If the tariff was exorbitant, he saw his plans brought to naught, his money jeopardised, the little tad, Sidney, deprived of her education.

He began to blame himself that he had not long before determined definitely what the railroad would charge for moving his hops.