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100 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.
" An honest John !
" said they.
" Give us
They are so good we want two a-piece."
One man said to
"
him, Here comes an essence
more.
peddler. How much a ton do you ask for your
essence ?"
Henry began at length to understand them,
and when they bore too hard on him in one part
of the shop he would go elsewhere.
" My good man," said a large sailor-looking
workman, who stood near a wheel, "have you
any grindstones to sell ? If so, what are they a
dozen "
?
Another said, "I am a Catholic : have you
any Catholic books to sell?"
Another
"
said, You will lose your books ;
there is a hole in your carpet bag, at its
mouth ! "