Your father will pay me some time, perhaps, and if he doesn't, I'll let it go.

The loss of it won't break me.

Can I do anything for you this evening ?" David was more astonished than ever.

Was this the man who had spoken so harshly to him no longer ago than that very morning?
What had happened to work so great a change in him?
It was the General's visit that did it.

When Don and Bert left their father, after holding that short consultation with him in the field, the latter took a few minutes to think the matter over, and when his hands had finished their work, he mounted his horse and rode down to the landing, to have a talk with Mr.Jones.What passed between them no one ever knew, but it was noticed that from that day forward, whenever David came into the store to trade, he was treated with as much respect as he would have been had he been known to have his pockets full of money.
"Want anything in my line this evening ?" continued the grocer, rubbing his hands; "a hat or a pair of shoes and stockings for yourself, a nice warm dress for mother, or----" "O, I want a good many things," replied David, "but I shall have only two dollars left after your bill is paid, and that must keep us in groceries for at least a month--perhaps longer." To David's great amazement, the merchant replied: "Your credit is good for six months.