go home. He was glad that it was Saturday, for he would have the next
day free.

It was dark by the time his tasks were done, and then he went to the
house for his week's pay. He had agreed to work for a dollar and a
half a day, and get his own breakfast and supper at home. Thus he had
nine dollars coming to him for his week's work. He was surprised,
therefore, when Simon Squabbles handed him out only eight dollars and
fifty cents.

"There is some mistake here," Jasper remarked as he counted over the
money. "I want fifty cents more."

"That's all you're goin' to get," Simon replied. "I saw ye loafin'
this afternoon when ye should have been workin', an' 'no work, no pay'
is my motto."

"Loafing, do you say?" Jasper asked, thinking that he had not heard
aright.

"Sure. Didn't I see ye leanin' on yer hoe watchin' that car which went
down the road? An' ye stood there a long time, too."

Into Jasper's eyes leaped an angry fire. He understood now the man he
had to deal with. So he had been watching him, and he had taken no
account of the work he had done all day.

"You were spying upon me, eh?" he retorted. "Didn't you see how I did
the work of two men to-day?"