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`` You have , have you ? '' said Mr. Harum . `` Wa'al , I got somethin' I want ye to do . Day after to-morro ' 's Chris ` mus , an ' I want ye to drop Mis ' Cullom a line , somethin' like this , ` That Mr. Harum told ye to say that that morgidge he holds , havin ' ben past due fer some time , an ' no int ` rist havin ' ben paid fer , let me see , more 'n a year , he wants to close the matter up , an ' he 'll see her Chris ` mus mornin ' at the bank at nine o'clock , he havin ' more time on that day ; but that , as fur as he can see , the bus ` nis wo n't take very long ' -- somethin' like that , you understand ? '' `` Very well , sir , '' said John , hoping that his employer would not see in his face the disgust and repugnance he felt as he surmised what a scheme was on foot , and recalled what he had heard of Harum 's hard and unscrupulous ways , though he had to admit that this , excepting perhaps the episode of the counterfeit money , was the first revelation to him personally . But this seemed very bad to him . `` All right , '' said David cheerfully , `` I s ` pose it wo n't take you long to find out what 's in your stockin ' , an ' if you hai n't nothin ' else to do Chris ` mus mornin ' I 'd like to have you open the office and stay ` round a spell till I git through with Mis ' Cullom .