And such work!" He tossed the garment from him in angry contempt, and walked away to the back part of the shop, leaving Ellen standing almost as still as a statue.
"That vest was to have been home to-night," he said, as he threw himself into a chair.

"Of course, the customer will be disappointed and angry, and I shall lose him.

But I don't care half so much for that, as I do for not being able to keep my word with him.

It is too much!" Ellen would have instantly retired, but the thought of her sick sister forced her to remain.

She felt that she could not go until she had received the price of making the vest, for their money was all gone, and they had no food in the house.