take sha-?"

"Silence, sir! Your worthy father did take shares in this establishment,
which will yield him one day an immense profit. He _did_ take shares,
sir, or you never would have been here. I glory in saying that every one
of my young friends around me has a father, a brother, a dear relative or
friend, who is connected in a similar way with our glorious enterprise;
and that not one of them is there but has an interest in procuring, at a
liberal commission, other persons to join the ranks of our Association.
_But_, sir, I am its chief. You will find, sir, your appointment signed
by me; and in like manner, I, John Brough, annul it. Go from us,
sir!--leave us--quit a family that can no longer receive you in its
bosom! Mr. Swinney, I have wept--I have prayed, sir, before I came to
this determination; I have taken counsel, sir, and am resolved. _Depart
from out of us_!

"Not without three months' salary, though, Mr. B.: that cock won't
fight!"

"They shall be paid to your father, sir."

"My father be hanged! I tell you what, Brough, I'm of age; and if you
don't pay me my salary, I'll arrest you,--by Jingo, I will! I'll have
you in quod, or my name's not Bob Swinney!"

"Make out a cheque, Mr. Roundhand, for the three months' salary of this
perverted young man."

"Twenty-one pun' five, Roundhand, and nothing for the stamp!" cried out
that audacious Swinney. "There it is, sir, _re_-ceipted. You needn't