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'I've on'y had twinty so far, an' I'm gettin' scrivener's palsy, he says. 'But befure I go, he says, 'I bet ye eight millyon yens, or three dollars an' eighty-four cints iv ye'er money, that ye can't pick out th' shell this here pea is undher, he says. An' they set down to a game iv what is known at Peking as diplomacy, Hinnissy, but on Randolph sthreet viadock is called the double dirty."
"What did he pay you for tellin' me?" "Five cents." "Thin it's five cints lost. Do you want to earn another five cints?" "Yes," said the boy, promptly. "Thin do what I tell you." "What is it?" "Come in and I'll tell you." The boy having entered, Mrs. McGuire led him to the front door. "Now," said she, "when I open the door, run as fast as you can.
Flannery reached for the book. He ran his hand through the pages and stopped at page sixty four. "An' I don't take fifty cints," he whispered in mockery. "Here's the rule for ut. 'Whin the agint be in anny doubt regardin' which of two rates applies to a shipment, he shall charge the larger. The con-sign-ey may file a claim for the overcharge. In this case, Misther Morehouse, I be in doubt.
McCarty, turning to the other customers, as if to call their attention to an offer so out of proportion to the valuable article she held in her hand. "Only fifty cints for these illigant breeches! Oh, it's you that's a hard man, that lives on the poor and the nady." "You needn't take it. I should lose money on it, if you didn't redeem it." "He says he'd lose money on it," said Mrs. McCarty.
Nor does they come in as swine, th' duty on which is one dollar an' fifty cints per head. I know th' pig, an' I am acquainted with th' flea, an' there is a difference between thim that annyone would recognize.
The Bostonian craned his head, but I forestalled his glance and turned a plate over it before he could read the total. "Mike now approached. "'Ye'd better pay now, he said, 'before any more o' ye skip. It's nine dollars and sixty cints. "'They'll all be back in a minute, I said. 'Wait till they come. I'm only an invited guest. "'I'll wait nothin'. The boss is out and I'm in charge.
I was lavin' th' ship whin th' fellow that pulled th' plug out iv th' other man's bath f'r me touched me on th' shoulder. I turned an' see a frindly gleam in his eye that made me wondher if he had a knife. I give him what they call five bobs over there, which is wan dollar an' twinty cints iv our money. He touched his cap an' says Cue. I was greatly moved. But it's done wan thing f'r me.
The dark earth of the banks peeping from under overhanging ice and snow, looked like the entrance to deep mysterious caves. Jimmy's superstitious soul readily peopled them with goblins and devils. He shuddered, and began to talk aloud to cheer himself. "Elivin muskrat skins, times fifteen cints apiece, one dollar sixty-five. That will buy more than I can hold. Hagginy!
Thin you ask f'r a little liquor with beer f'r a chaser. An' I give it to ye. Ye lay down wan iv these here quartz dollars. I return eighty-five cints. Larkin comes in later, ordhers th' same thing, an' I give him th' same threatment. I play no fav-rites. Entertainmint f'r man an' beast." "But, if we had free silver, you'd charge thirty cents for the drink," said Mr. McKenna.
"They cost every cint of five dollars," said Bridget. "They was made at one of the most fashionable shops in the city. Oh, they was an illigant pair when they was new." "How many years ago was that?" asked the pawnbroker. "Only six months, and they ain't been worn more'n a month." "I'll give you fifty cents." "Fifty cints!" repeated Mrs.
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