"I didn't think you'd make such a fuss about a small bill."
"I didn't think you'd find is so difficult to pay a small bill,"
returned the tailor.
Luke looked discomfited. He was silent a moment, and then changed
his tactics.
"Come, Merrill," he said, persuasively; "don't be alarmed. I'm good
for it, I guess. I haven't got the money convenient to-day. I lent
fifty dollars. I shall have it back next week and then I will pay
you."
"I am glad to hear it," said Merrill.
"So just measure me and hurry up the pants."
"I'm sorry but I can't till you settle the bill."
"Look here, has Walton been talking against me?"
"No; what makes you think so?"
"He don't like me, because I twitted him with his meanness."
"I don't consider him mean."
"Has he ever bought anything of you?"
"No."
"I knew it. He prefers to go ragged and save his money."
"He's too honorable to run up a bill without paying it."
"Do you mean me?" demanded Luke, angrily.
"I hope not. I presume you intend to pay your bills."
Luke Harrison left the shop. He saw that he exhausted his credit
with Merrill. As to paying the bill, there was not much chance of
that at present, as he had but one dollar and a half in his pocket.
CHAPTER XV
"BY EXPRESS"
"There's a model for you," said the tailor to Maurice Tudor. "He
won't pay his bills."
"How did you come to trust him in the first place?"
"I didn't know him then as well as I do now.
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