It was, therefore, some minutes before Abe
could devote himself to his task in silence. Finally, he evolved the
following:
THE FLOWER CITY CREDIT OUTFITTING CO.
_Gents_: Your favor of the 16th inst. received and contents
noted, and in reply would say our Mr. Potash seen the trade
extensively and we are sorry to say it in the strictest
confidence that we ain't got no confidence in the party you name.
You should on no consideration do anything in the matter as all
accounts are very bad. We will tell your Mr. Hahn the particulars
when he is next in our city.
Yours truly,
POTASH & PERLMUTTER.
"It ain't no more than he deserves, Mawruss," Abe commented after Morris
had read the letter.
"No," Morris admitted, "but after the way Miss Kreitmann got that feller
Gubin in the hole and the way she treated Adolph Rothstein, Abe, it
ain't no more than she deserves, neither."
For several days afterward Miss Kreitmann went about her work with
nothing but scowls for Potash & Perlmutter's customers, married and
unmarried alike.
"The thing goes too far, Abe," Morris protested. "She kills our entire
trade. Hahn or no Hahn, Abe, I say we should fire her."
Abe shook his head. "It ain't necessary, Mawruss," he replied.
"What d'ye mean?"
"The girl gets desperate, Mawruss. She fires herself. She told me this
morning she don't see no future here, so she's going to leave at the end
of the week.
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