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And now about dot dressing-case. Don't you sell it. I find somebody pay more as I can give, and you pay me for my trouble. I lend you tventy yes, I lend tventy-five dollars on it. Vill dot be enough?" "That will be enough for a week, after I pay what I owe." "Vell, den, ven dot is gone ve tink out someting else, don't ve? I look it all over last night. It is all right no breaks anyvere.
But you are lidtle oldt, too? Tventy-five years makes a difference. Ah, I am gladt! Dell me, idt is Passil Marge, not zo?" He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you. And you remember the old times? You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau. Are you living in New York?
But you are lidtle oldt, too? Tventy-five years makes a difference. Ah, I am gladt! Dell me, idt is Passil Marge, not zo?" He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you. And you remember the old times? You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau. Are you living in New York?
"Yes it is!" cried he. "Vell, den, perhaps vot you pay?" "I I how much do you want?" Jurgis stammered. "Tventy-five dollars." His face fell. "I can't pay that," he said. The woman was watching him narrowly. "How much do you pay?" she demanded. "Must I pay now right away?" "Yes; all my customers do." "I I haven't much money," Jurgis began in an agony of dread.
"Yes, dot Lowestoft. If you come in yesterday and say, 'Have you any olt cups and saucers and olt soup tureens? I say: 'Yes help yourselluf. Take your pick for tventy-five cents each for de cups and saucers. You see, I pay nudding and I get nudding. Dot give me an idea! How vould you like to go round de store vid me and pick out de good vuns?
But you are lidtle oldt, too? Tventy-five years makes a difference. Ah, I am gladt! Dell me, idt is Passil Marge, not zo?" He looked anxiously into March's face, with a gentle smile of mixed hope and doubt, and March said: "As sure as it's Berthold Lindau, and I guess it's you. And you remember the old times? You were as much of a boy as I was, Lindau. Are you living in New York?
And dot tventy-five only last you a veek! Vy is dot? Vot board do you pay?" His interest in the visitor was increasing. "Eight dollars with my meals, whenever my landlady is on time." "Eight dollars! Dot voman's robbin' you. Eight dollars! She is a skin!" "It was the best I could do," he replied simply. "Vot does she give you?"
Some simple refreshment will do sandwiches, cake, and some ice-cream. I'll take care of that myself, if you'll permit me." "Vell, now stop a minute vunce here is anudder idea. Suppose ve make it a Dutch treat everybody bring sometings. Ve had vun last vinter at Budvick's, de upholsterer, ven he vas married tventy-five years. I give de apples more as half a peck."
Maybe tventy-five years ago. Dings got all mixed up and my businesses got vorse und vorse. Und den my son ran avay und wrides me he become a sailor. So I vas alone." "Dis vatch," sighed Gustave, "is very hard to figx. It iss an old vatch und not much good to begin vit. But I figx him. Vat vas ve talking aboud? Oh, my business. Yes, yes. It goes like dat.
"Yaow, that vill be tventy-five cents each vun, tventy-five cents. Yaow, that vill be suffeecient." Having thus dismissed further responsibility in the matter, the foreman got up from the table and spoke to his men, who followed him outdoors to the day's work.
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