"Have you seven hundred dollars more than you want to-day?" he
asked, in a tone that betrayed his unwillingness to ask the favour,
although he strove to appear indifferent.

"I have, and it's at your service," was promptly and cheerfully
replied. "Shall I fill you a check?"

"If you please," said Grasper; "I have a very heavy payment to make
to-day, and find money tighter than usual. When do you with me to
return it to you?" he asked, as he took the check.

"Oh! in three or four days. Will that do?"

"It will suit me exactly. I am very much obliged to you, indeed."

"You are very welcome. I shall always be happy to accommodate you in
a similar way. I generally have something over."

When Grasper returned to his own store, his cheek burned, his heart
beat quicker, and his breathing was oppressed. He felt humbled in
his own eyes. To the man whom he once so cruelly wronged he had been
compelled to go for a favour, and that man had generously returned
him good for evil. He was unhappy until he could replace the money
he had borrowed, which was in a day or two, and even then he still
felt very uncomfortable.

After this, Grasper of course was frequently driven to the necessity
of getting temporary loans from Layton, which were always made in a
way which showed that it gave his neighbour real pleasure to
accommodate him.