That money he owes to you.

Whatever you may happen to owe me can wait until you are able to pay it.

And now while I am talking about it, there is another thing your father owes you, and that is an humble apology, and that he will pay one of these days in tears and agony.

You are neither a beggar nor a cringing dog, and you never will be so long as I can help it!" He stopped, rested his hand on the boy's shoulder, and with a quiver in his voice added: "Your hand, my son.

Short commons after this, may be, but we will make the fight together." When the two passed through the front door and stepped into the dining-room they found it filled with gentlemen--friends who had heard of the crash and who had come either to extend their sympathy or offer their bank accounts.