'Oh, ain't dot beautiful! You ought to have seen
dot ven I bought it of old Kling! You vouldn't give
two dollars for it. All he did vas to scrape it down
and revarnish it--and now it is joost as good as new.'
Ain't dot funny? Vy, sometimes I have to holt
on to my sides for fear dey vill split vid my laughter,
and my two German mens dey stuff dere fingers in
dere mouths so de customers can't hear. And all
de backs new, and de legs made outer udder legs,
and de handles I get across at de hardvare store!
Oh, I tell you, it's funny! But you know all about
it. Maybe you vunce keep a place yourself?"

"No, never."

"VOT!"

"No, I have never been in your line of trade."

"Vell, how do you know so much?"

"I know very little, but I have always enjoyed such
things."

"Vell, dot's more funny yet. You vould make a lot
of money if you did. Ven you get someting for nudding
you know it--I don't. You see dem--vot you
call 'em--Spodes--and dot tureen, dot--"

"Lowestoft?" suggested the stranger, adjusting