“ Go and tell Fanny I want order 097, quick!” he said to his boy.
Dawes stood in the doorway, tall and threatening, looking at the top of the young man’s head.
“ Six and five’s eleven and seven’s one-and-six,” Paul added aloud.
“ An’ you hear, do you!” said Dawes.
“ Five and ninepence! ” He wrote a figure. “What’s that?” he said.
“ I’m going to show you what it is,” said the smith.
The other went on adding the figures aloud.
“ Yer crawlin’ little—, yer daresn’t face me proper!”
Paul quickly snatched the heavy ruler. Dawes started. The young man ruled some lines in his ledger. The elder man was infuriated.
“ But wait till I light on you, no matter where it is, I’ll settle your hash for a bit, yer little swine!”
“ All right,” said Paul.
At that the smith started heav
