"To-morrow Mr.Renshaw will pay you off up to date." "If I'm bounced, then you'll pay me for the balance of the month, anyway!" snarled the foreman defiantly.

"You can't drop me without notice like that." "You'll be paid to date only," Tom retorted.

"You've been discharged for wilful and serious neglect of duty, and you're not entitled to pay for the balance of the month." "All right, then," retorted the other hotly.

"I'll collect my money through the courts.

I'll show you!" "Just as you please," Reade replied indifferently.