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!" Donev' replied the merchant,
placing the money in the hands Of a
bystander. The Yankee deposited
the like sum when the merchant of.
offered him picayune for the strops.


" They're yourn" said the Yankee,
as he quietly lob'd the stakes. But
he added, with great apparent hon.
esty. 8" calculate jokes ajoke,
and if you don't want them strops I'll
trade back"


The merchants countenance bright
ened.-


+" You are not SO bad a chap, after all
here are your strops so give me the
money"


" There it ISL said the Yankee, as
he received the strops and passed over
the picayune. "a trades trade
and now you're wide awake, in
airnest; guess the next time you trade
with that are pic. you'll do better than
buy razor strops."


And away walked the pedlcr with
his strops and wager, amid the shouts
ofthe laughing crowd st. Louis Ariel.