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"Oh, no, not at all. Why, that is a very rare piece." "What about that one in the window?" demanded Andy. "That's only rare to the tune of several dollars less than I paid." "Oh, but you are mistaken!" Ikey assured him. "It takes an expert to tell the difference. You can ask Hashmi " "Hashmi be hanged!" cried Dunk, giving the captured one a shake.
"Don't do it again, that's all. Who is Hashmi's brother?" "One of 'em keeps that Jap store where you were looking in the window," said Ikey, edging out of the room, "and the other is in Japan. He sent the stuff over to be sold in the regular way, but that sly Hashmi fooled me. Never again!" "And you passed it on to us," said Andy with a laugh. "Well, it's all in the game."
"You're such an expert, you know." "Some other time some other time! I'm due at a lecture now!" pleaded Ikey, squirming to get away. "The lecture can wait," said Dunk. "Look at that vawse for the holding of the rose petals from your loved one. See it there now would you advise me to buy it? It's much cheaper than the one you and your beloved Hashmi stuck me with."
"It would do for crackers, I suppose," said Andy, doubtfully. "Crackers!" gasped Ikey. "Tell him what it is for, Hashmi. I haven't the heart," and he pretended to weep. "This jar he is for the holding of the petals of roses that were sent by your loved ones the perfumes of Eros," murmured the poetical Japanese. "Oh, for the love of tripe! Hold me, I'm going to faint, Gertie!" cried Bob.
"But where are we going, anyhow?" Bob demanded. "This looks like a chop-suey joint." "Hush!" cautioned Ikey again. "Some of the fellows may be around. There is a Chinese restaurant upstairs." "And what's downstairs?" asked Andy. "Why, Hashmi had to hire a vacant room to put the packing box in when it came from Japan," explained Ikey. "It was too big to take up to his joint.
This was several days after they had purchased their bric-a-brac and meanwhile they had seen Ikey and Hashmi going about getting other students into their toils. "Say, that was a plant, all right!" declared Dunk. "I'm going to make Ikey shell out." "And the Jap, too!" added Andy. "We sure were stuck!"
"They're the easiest. Go ahead, now you fellows bite," and he looked at Bob, Thad and Ted. "What's this a handkerchief box?" asked Ted, picking up one covered with black and gold lacquer. "Handkerchief box! Shades of Koami!" cried Ikey. "That, you dunce, is a box made to Oh, you tell him, Hashmi, I haven't the heart." "No, he wants to figure out how much he's made on us," added Andy.
"Rose petals from your loved ones! Oh, slush!" "It is true," and Hashmi did not seem to resent being laughed at. "But it would do for crackers as well." "How much?" asked Andy. "Only five dollars worth ten," whispered Ikey. "Well, it would look nice on my stand," said Andy weakly. "I I'll take it." "And I guess you may as well wish me onto that dead ancestor jar," added Dunk.
"I'm always getting stuck anyhow. Seven plunks is getting off easy." "You will never regret it," murmured Ikey. "Where is that paper, Hashmi? Now don't you fellows let anyone else in on this game until I give the word. I'm taking care of my friends first, then the rest of the bunch. Friends first, say I." "Yes, if you're going to stick anybody, stick your friends first," laughed Dunk.
"It isn't a tobacco jar, I tell you!" cried Ikey. "It's like the old Egyptian tear vawses, only different. Seven dollars why it's worth fifteen if it's worth a cent. Ain't it, Hashmi?" "Of a surely, yes," said the Jap, with an inscrutable smile. "But he'll let you have it for just a little more than the wholesale price in Japan, mind you in Japan!" cried Ikey. "Seven dollars. Think of it!"
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