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"It ain't no use to talk, Rube, that bill has got to be paid. " Mr. James Jackson brought his fist down on the little desk in one corner of the mill with such force that everything jumped. "I've waited for it till I'm all out of patience, and now I want my money."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Jackson," I replied, "very sorry indeed to keep you waiting; but it cannot be helped. Business has been backward this summer, as you know, and money is tight."