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Coldpin produced a dollar-bill and handed it over, remarking testily, "There, now, I'm very busy!" "Nein, nein!" said the man. "It vas not enough!" "Not enough?" "I vants dwenty tollar." "Oh, come now; this wont do at all. You mustn't bother me so. I can't be " The man did something with his mouth. Possibly he smiled. Possibly he was malevolently disposed.
They would never have allowed anything so valuable as a fault to escape them. Mr. O'Royster was sitting, one afternoon, in the private office of his bankers, Coldpin & Breaker. Mr. Coldpin sat with him, discussing the advisability of his investing $250,000 in the bonds of the East and West Telegraph Company. It was a safe investment, in Mr. Coldpin's judgment, and Mr.
Take in your teeth, my man, take 'em in right away, and we'll see what we can do about the twenty." He composed his mouth, reducing it to its normal dimensions and arranging it in its normal shape, whereupon Mr. O'Royster, drawing a roll of bills from his pocket, counted out twenty dollars. Mr. Coldpin interposed.
Mr. O'Royster watched his misshapen body as it disappeared through the entry. Then he gazed at the banker and finally remarked: "Can't say that your friend pleases me, Coldpin." "To tell the truth, O'Royster, I live in mortal terror of that creature. He followed me into this room from the street one day and demanded, rather than begged, some money.
Coldpin moved nervously in his chair. "Vell," the fellow said, after a pause, "I haf come to sbeak mit you." "You come very often," replied Mr. Coldpin in a mildly remonstrative tone. No answer was returned to this suggestion. The intruder simply settled himself on his feet in an obstinate sort of way. Mr.
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