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They were passing through the hallway from the dining-room to the library, and
as Compton concluded what was equivalent to Jimmy's discharge, he had
stopped and turned toward the younger man. They were standing near the
entrance to the music-room in which Elizabeth chanced to be, so that she
overheard her father's words, and not without a smile of satisfaction and relief.
"Mr. Compton," replied Jimmy, "no matter what you do with me, you simply must
not let those C.P.A.'s go until they have completed their work. I know something
of what it is going to mean to your business, but I would rather that the reports
come from them than from me."
"
What do you mean?" asked Compton.
"I didn't want to be the one to tell you," replied Jimmy. "I preferred that the
C.P.A.'s discover it, as they will within the next day or two--you are being
systematically robbed. I suspected it before I had been there ten days, and I was
absolutely sure of it at the time I suggested you employ the C.P.A.'s. You are
being robbed at the rate of approximately one thousand dollars a week."
"
"
"
How?" asked Compton.
I would rather you would wait for the report of the C.P.A.'s," returned Jimmy.
I wish to know now," said Compton, "how I am being robbed."
Jimmy looked straight into the older man's eyes. "Through the pay-roll," he
replied.
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