5/9 I'll get some ink, and you can write me the due bill." "Why, Aunt Deborah, you haven't got the money here, have you ?" "Yes, I've got it in the house. A man paid up a mortgage last week, and I haven't yet invested the money. I meant to put it in the savings bank." "You wouldn't get but six per cent there. Now the bonus I offer you will be equal to about twenty per cent." "And you really feel able to pay so much ?" "Yes, aunt; as I told you, it will be worth more than that to me." "Well, Ferdinand, we'll settle the matter now. I'll go and get the money, and you shall give me the note and the ring." "Triumph!" said the young man to himself, when the old lady had left the room. |