"If the money isn't forthcoming at once, you can't get a single thing at my store from this time forward, unless you have the cash to plank right down on the counter." "I have always paid you for everything I have bought of you," said David, with some spirit.
"I know it; but your father hasn't, and if you want me to show you any favors, you will pay that debt to-day.

You have always been called an honest boy, and if you want to keep that reputation, you had better be doing something." So saying, Silas wheeled his horse and rode away, leaving David lost in wonder..