elder Jewell appeared, and as I introduced myself he said:

"Gun men are plenty to-day; my son has just gone to the hotel with a
Mr. Blissam to look at his goods."




CHAPTER V.


When I found that Blissam was ahead of me, notwithstanding my being
out so early, I felt as if I should be glad to get away from him as
soon as I could. He was altogether too numerous for me. He had told me
he wasn't going to cut prices, and I was very sure I did not want to
do it, but I made up my mind I was going to get my share of the trade,
cut or no cut.

I began with talk to Mr. Jewell about a single-barrel breech-loader
our house was controlling, and quoted it at $7.20, sixty days.

"Is that the F. & W. gun?" he asked.

"Yes, sir."

"Why, Blissam quotes that at $7."

The deuce he did! Yet he was the boy that didn't intend to cut.

"Was his price net?"