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They
became
more
voluble
than
ever
.
Mr
.
Ford
started
anew
to
tell
how
he
had
first
read
"
The
Ring
of
Bells
,
"
and
Mr
.
Ends
at
the
same
time
was
striving
to
repeat
his
niece
’
s
appreciation
of
"
The
Ring
of
Bells
,
"
said
niece
being
a
school
-
teacher
in
Alameda
.
"
I
’
ll
tell
you
what
I
came
for
,
"
Martin
said
finally
.
"
To
be
paid
for
that
story
all
of
you
like
so
well
.
Five
dollars
,
I
believe
,
is
what
you
promised
me
would
be
paid
on
publication
.
"
Mr
.
Ford
,
with
an
expression
on
his
mobile
features
of
mediate
and
happy
acquiescence
,
started
to
reach
for
his
pocket
,
then
turned
suddenly
to
Mr
.
Ends
,
and
said
that
he
had
left
his
money
home
.
That
Mr
.
Ends
resented
this
,
was
patent
;
and
Martin
saw
the
twitch
of
his
arm
as
if
to
protect
his
trousers
pocket
.
Martin
knew
that
the
money
was
there
.
"
I
am
sorry
,
"
said
Mr
.
Ends
,
"
but
I
paid
the
printer
not
an
hour
ago
,
and
he
took
my
ready
change
.
It
was
careless
of
me
to
be
so
short
;
but
the
bill
was
not
yet
due
,
and
the
printer
’
s
request
,
as
a
favor
,
to
make
an
immediate
advance
,
was
quite
unexpected
.
"
Both
men
looked
expectantly
at
Mr
.
White
,
but
that
gentleman
laughed
and
shrugged
his
shoulders
.
His
conscience
was
clean
at
any
rate
.
He
had
come
into
the
Transcontinental
to
learn
magazine
-
literature
,
instead
of
which
he
had
principally
learned
finance
.
The
Transcontinental
owed
him
four
months
’
salary
,
and
he
knew
that
the
printer
must
be
appeased
before
the
associate
editor
.
"
It
’
s
rather
absurd
,
Mr
.
Eden
,
to
have
caught
us
in
this
shape
,
"
Mr
.
Ford
preambled
airily
.
"
All
carelessness
,
I
assure
you
.
But
I
’
ll
tell
you
what
we
’
ll
do
.
We
’
ll
mail
you
a
check
the
first
thing
in
the
morning
.
You
have
Mr
.
Eden
’
s
address
,
haven
’
t
you
,
Mr
.
Ends
?
"
Yes
,
Mr
.
Ends
had
the
address
,
and
the
check
would
be
mailed
the
first
thing
in
the
morning
.
Martin
’
s
knowledge
of
banks
and
checks
was
hazy
,
but
he
could
see
no
reason
why
they
should
not
give
him
the
check
on
this
day
just
as
well
as
on
the
next
.
"
Then
it
is
understood
,
Mr
.
Eden
,
that
we
’
ll
mail
you
the
check
to
-
morrow
?
"
Mr
.
Ford
said
.
"
I
need
the
money
to
-
day
,
"
Martin
answered
stolidly
.
"
The
unfortunate
circumstances
—
if
you
had
chanced
here
any
other
day
,
"
Mr
.
Ford
began
suavely
,
only
to
be
interrupted
by
Mr
.
Ends
,
whose
cranky
eyes
justified
themselves
in
his
shortness
of
temper
.
