CHAPTER III.
AN OFFER OF PARTNERSHIP.
This was the first time David had ever heard that a son could be held responsible for debts contracted by his father.

At first he did not believe it; but Silas seemed to think it could be done, and he was a business man and ought to know what he was talking about.

The truth of the matter was, that Silas Jones was a hard one to deal with.

He wanted every cent that was due him and more too, if he could get it.
It made no difference how poor his customers were, he always found means to make them pay the bills they contracted at his store.

The eight dollars that Godfrey owed him looked almost as large in his eyes as it did in David's.