MARGERY'S LOVE DREAM.
An hour after Mr. Wright had concluded his purchase for his employer he
returned to the establishment, accompanied by one of the persons
authorized to collect the money. When he presented the order at the
cashier's window, Mr. Conway, the old cashier, drew back aghast as he
looked at the man.
"Is--is it possible you have indorsed this?" he asked, turning to the
manager.
Mr. Wright bowed, but his face betrayed deep agitation.
"I cannot pay it without consulting Mr. Armstrong," he exclaimed, in a
troubled voice. "Wait a moment."
Could it be possible that Lester Armstrong had authorized the payment of
an amount like that, knowing that the firm was a little crippled for
cash just at that season of the year? Surely the man must be mad, he
told himself; and that for which the money was to be paid fairly
staggered him. He had to look a second time to satisfy himself that he
had not made a horrible mistake when he read: "For one steam yacht and
two pairs of horses, $125,000; terms cash.
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