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AT A FAN-MAKER'S. 155
" Come, pay up, Fitz," said Johnnie, in a mischievous tone.
" You ordered all the kame the man had and he has brought
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them to you."
The boy thought for a moment, then said to the dealer,
" Are all those tortoises exactly of the same size and kind as
the ones you showed me?"
" Not quite," returned the man, who had scoured the city
to make the collection.
"Then I cannot take them," quickly answered Fitz.
" Goods ought always to be delivered according to sample.
Here are five yen, give me its value in the reptiles. After all,
you will not be so badly paid for your trouble."
At first the dealer was inclined to be impudent, however,
he finally took the money, and calling to the crowd, invited
them to a sake shop, saying, " One never knows how to take
these foreign gentlemen. Though, when I think of it, he is
right,
for the kame are of various sorts and sizes."
Fitz, who held in his hand a basket marked with the tor-
toise-seller's sign, ascended the steps of the veranda, and
depositing his burden, saluted his mother.
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I think that will be a lesson to you, Fitz Jewett," said
Sallie. "Ordering blindly has cost you very dear."
"
Don't you worry, sissy," he answered.
f The lesson is
worth the money. I shall not try to make a corner in
tortoises again. By the way, have your flowers come?"
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Yes, brother. The poor man waited so long
and looked
so miserable that I paid him his five yen and let him go."
"Oh, Sallie! you gave him a dollar too much," retorted
Fitz.
" Let us shake hands. We cannot afford to be so ex-
travagant. Both of us are in the same boat."
The girl regarded him affectionately and murmured,
"I shall never mind being in the same boat with my
brothers."