and no more; but if you will cut me off forty yards of that piece of carpeting, and trust me for it, I will pay your bill in a few days, as sure as I live.”
My frank statement with regard to my finances seemed to attract the attention of the merchant who laughed and said:
“Well, who are you, anyhow? Where do you live?”
I told him that I was Doctor Blank; that I lived in Rensselaer county on a small place of my own;
and no more; but if you will cut me off forty yards of that piece of carpeting, and trust me for it, I will pay your bill in a few days, as sure as I live.”
My frank statement with regard to my finances seemed to attract the attention of the merchant who laughed and said:
“Well, who are you, anyhow? Where do you live?”
I told him that I was Doctor Blank; that I lived in Rensselaer county on a small place of my own;
