the mouthpiece of his pipe.

"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? Dot von't take
you long--vait a minute--I give you dat money."

"I should not be of the slightest value, and if you are
loaning me the twenty-five dollars on any other basis
than the worth of the dressing-case, I would rather not
take it."

"Oh, I have finished vid de loan. Vot I say I say."
He thrust his hand into a side pocket, from which
he drew a flat wallet. "And dere is de money. I give
you a receipt for de case."

"No, I do not want any receipt. I am quite willing
you should keep it until I can either pay this back or
you can loan me some more on it."

"Vell, den, I don't vant no receipt for de money.
Here comes a customer. Don't you go yet. I know
her. She comes most every day. She only vants to
look around. Such a lot of peoples only vants to look
around. Dey don't know vat dey vant and you never