As he was counting out the fip's worth of candy, the child spoke up in an earnest voice, and said: "Get a levy's worth, mother, do, wont you?
Cousin Lu's coming to see us to-morrow." "Let him have a levy's worth, candy-man.

He's such a rogue I can't resist him," responded the mother.

The candy was counted out, and the levy paid, when the man retired in his usual good humor.
"Shall I take these strawberries for thirty-seven and a half cents ?" said the lady, the smile fading from her face.

"It is all I am willing to give." "If you wont pay any more, I musn't stand for two cents and a half," replied the woman, "although they would nearly buy a loaf of bread for the children," she mentally added.
The four boxes were sold for the sum offered, and the woman lifted the tray upon her head, and moved on again.

The sun shone out still hotter and hotter as the day advanced.