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[1]IhadheardofYankeeclockpedlars,tinpedlars,andbiblepedlars,espewhosoldPolyglotBibles(alliotheamountofsixteenthousandpounds.Thehouseofeverysubstantialfarmerhadthreesubstantialors,awoodenclorefledaPolyglotBible.HowisitthatanAmerisellhiswares,atricehepleases,whereablue-nosewouldfailtomakeasaleatall?Iwilleheakerthesecretofhissuccess.

[2]“ityitis,Mr.Slick”

—forsuchwashisapityitis”

,saidI,“thatyou,whoaresosucteagthesepeoplethevalueofclocks,otalsoteachthemthevalueoftime.”

[3]“Iguess,”

saidhe,“theyhavegrowontheirhor,whicheveryfour-year-oldhasinourtry.Wereiobedollarsaheydonothis,buteat,drink,smoke,sleep,rideabout,louaverns,makespeechesattemperaings,andtalkabout‘HouseofAssembly’.Ifamahoehisdhedoesacrop,hesaysitisallowingtothebank;aodebtandissued,whyhesaysthelawyersareacursetothetry.Theyareamostidlesetoffolks,Itellyou.”

[4]“Buthowisit,”

saidI,“thatyoumaosellsuimmensenumberofclocks,whilyotbeecessaryartigapeoplewithwhomthereseemstobesogreatasoney?”

[5]Mr.Slickpaused,asifgtheproprietythequestion,andlookiheface,saidinatialtone,“Why,Idon’tcareifIdotellyou,flutted,andIshallquitthiscircuit.ItisdonebyaksawderandhumahereisDeat’s,”

saidhe,“Ihavebutoneclockleft,andIguessIwillsellittohi”

[6]Atthegateofamostfortable-lookingfarm-housestoodDeat,arespean,whohaduhevalueoftimebetterthanmostofhisneighbours,ifojudgefromtheappearahingabouthiAftertheusualsalutation,aninvitationto“alight”

tedbyMr.Slick,whosaidhewishedtotakeleaveofMrs.FliColchester.

[7]Wehadhardlyehehouse,beforetheakerpoiheviewfromthewindow,andaddressiome,said,“IfIwastotellthemiherewassuchafarmasthisawaydowhereinNovaScotia,theywouldn’tbelieveme.Whythereain’tsuchaloallheDeahasahundredacresofdyke—”

[8]“Seventy,”

saidtheDealyseventy.”

[9]“Well,seventy;butthenthereisyourfiom,whyIaramrodintoit—”

[10]“Interval,wecallit,”

saidtheDea,whothoughevidehiseulogium,seemedtowishtheexperimeobetriediplace.

[11]“Well,intervalifyouplease—thoughProfessorEleazerCumstihisworkonOhio,callsthembottoms—isjustasgoodasdyke.Therivilege,worththreeorfourthousanddollars,twiceasgoodaswhatGovernorCasspaidfifteendollarsfor.Iwonder,Dea,youdon’tputupagmillonit:thesameworkswouldcarryaturninglathe,ashinglemae,acircularsaw,grindbark,and—”

[12]“Tooold,”

saidtheDea,“toooldforallthosespes—”

[13]“Old,”

repeatedtheaker,“notyou;whyyouareworthhalfadozenoftheyoungmenweseenowadays.Yenoughtohave—”

Herehesaidsomethingioneofvoice,whiotdistiwhateveritwas,theDealeased.Hesmiledathinkofsugsnow.

[14]“Butyourbeasts,dearme,yourbeastsmustbeputinandhaveafeed”

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