All the best stuff was classified and neatly laid out. The hardware man from Lancaster made one sweeping inspection of the various piles of merchandise. There was quite a delighted expression on his face as he turned to Frank.
"Young man," he said, "Mr. Buckner prepared me to meet a brisk, enterprising fellow of about your size, but the way you have handled this business is a marvel."
Frank flushed with pleasure.
"Right at the start," continued his visitor, "I offer you a good, permanent position in my store at Lancaster at eight dollars a week."
"I thank you greatly," replied Frank, " but I have partly decided on some other plans with my mother."
"All right. If you change your mind, come to me. Now then, to size up this proposition in detail."
The speaker looked into and over everything. When he had gone one round he picked up an empty red cardboard box and began to cut it up into small squares.
"I seem to have made a fine investment, Buckner," he said to the insurance man. "There's over two hundred dollars in those lawn mower parts alone. The regular stuff like tools and cut-
