You need n't argue no more , Sam . I 'm going . '' `` Go , then ! '' said Sam , stopping short in disgust . `` You 're a big fool , Dan , and serve you right if Walters lands you off to jail ; but I do n't wish you no ill . If I can do anything for your family after you 're gone , I will , and I 'll try and give your remains Christian burial -- if there are any remains . So long , Danny ! Give my love to old Walters ! '' Dan was not greatly encouraged by this interview . He shrank more than ever from the thought of facing the stern factory owner . His courage had almost evaporated when he entered the office at the factory and asked shakily for Mr. Walters . `` He 's in his office there , '' replied the clerk , `` but he 's very busy . Better leave your message with me . '' `` I must see Mr. Walters himself , please , '' said Dan firmly , but with inward trepidation . The clerk swung himself impatiently from his stool and ushered Dan into Mr. Walters 's private office . `` Boy to see you , sir , '' he said briefly , as he closed the ground-glass door behind him . Dan , dizzy and trembling , stood in the dreaded presence . Mr. Walters was writing at a table covered with a businesslike litter of papers . He laid down his pen and looked up with a frown as the clerk vanished . He was a stern-looking man with deep-set grey eyes and a square , clean-shaven chin .
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