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"Now, I was sure that the grocery and its proprietor, the two pounds of the best butter, and the purple trading-stamp had nothing to do with the real business of the evening. The game was simply to identify the 'Mr.
"All out," was the unexpected reply. "All out!" I repeated, stupidly. "None of the best that's what I said." "I wanted a purple trading-stamp," I went on, helplessly. "Anything over five cents' worth jar of pickles, if you like." "No, not that. Here, give me how much are those cigars?" "Five and ten." "Ten cents, then." The young man handed out the box with a nonchalant air.
Stupefied, he scraped the base metal back, revealing a portion of an irrefutably good dollar. The dismayed rascals looked up. In Thompson's hand a large, businesslike gun wavered portentously from one head to the other. "Go on!" he admonished. His tone was not particularly pleasant. "Peel her off! Yah! You puling infants! You cheap, trading-stamp crooks!" He raked off the money. "Be tran-tranquil!
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