"But what's the matter with the Tyee dollars, Harry, that you wouldn't do Hallam's packing ?" Alton glanced at him gravely.

"I think not," said he.

"Put another pound or two into her, and I'll pay you on your invoice for the last lot you sent me.

Otherwise I'm going to whittle down that bill considerably.

You see Townshead is too shaky to come down, and he can't live on nothing." "And the Lord knows when he'll pay you," said the storekeeper.