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Tell you what I'll do with you: I'll let you have this elegant solid gold rolled-plate watch-chain and jewel, this elegant, solid gold ring to git married with Hay? How about it? and these four collar-buttons for for twenty-five cents, or a quarter of a dollar." That boy never took that quarter out of his breeches pocket. It just jumped out of itself. But I see that you are getting the fidgets.
"Well, now, I'll just look and see. Here's a beautiful rolled-plate gold watch-chain, with an elegant jewel charm. Lovely blue jewel." He dangles the chain and its rich glass pendant, and it certainly does look fine. "That'd cost you $2.50 at the store. How'd that strike you?" "Hpm. I want a collar-button." "Well, now, you hold on a minute. Lemme look again.
I then gave him a nice rolled-plate vest-chain an article he very much needed, and which made him feel that his dollar had been well invested. When the first of January came I found myself in very good shape, with a satisfactory profit for my year's work. I now began thinking about opening an establishment of my own. About this time Mr.
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