I will not deny that I was disappointed, when I found myself checked on the next to the highest round of the ladder, but not a word of complaint can ever be heard from me.

I should be an ingrate to utter it.

I shall give you the best service of which I am capable, as I have done in the past.

My gratitude you shall have always." "Those manly word have decided me to say two things: From the beginning of the year your salary shall be the same as that of Mr.Martin who has left.
The condition upon which I have agreed to accept Mr.Catherwood as a partner is that he shall devote one year's hard work to the business.

He thinks he can acquire the necessary knowledge best by becoming a bookkeeper, since he could hardly be expected to begin where you and the rest did." Repeating his thanks to his employer for the goodness he had always shown toward him, Tom Gordon bowed himself out.
Sure enough, the next day Mr.Catherwood took his place at the bookkeeper's desk.