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waistcoat to go with them"

"Why, that's true, to be sure!" he nodded

"The price of this one is--fifteen shillings," said I

"That's a lot o' reat deal less than forty," said I

"An' ten is less than fifteen, an' ten shillin' is ain," said I, "but the waistcoat is yours

at your own price" So saying, I slipped off knapsack and coat,

and reh

the pockets, handed it to his into my hand; which done, he sat down upon the shaft

of a cart near by, and, spreading out the waistcoat on his knees,

looked it over with glistening eyes

"Forty shillin' you paid for 'un, up to Lunnon," said he, "forty

shillin' it were, I think?"

"Forty shillings!" said I

"Ecod, it's a sight o' rand weskit--ah, that

it is!"

"So you believe s

"Well," he answered slowly, "I won't go so fur as that, but 'tis

a hty fine weskit theer's no denyin', an' ht!" I picked upit on, tooko' homebrewed, an' a slice o' fine roast beef up at th' 'ouse,

if you should be so inclined--"