I told him I should be glad to get half that amount--or even less." Otto took the bundle and loosened the roll again.

"I got a little girl, Beesving--dot was her dog make such foolishness--who likes dese t'ings.
But dot is not business, for I doan sell it again once I gif it to her.
I joost put it around her shoulders for a New Year's gift.

Maybe if you--" He re-examined it closely, especially the tear, which had partly yielded to Lady Barbara's deft fingers and tired eyes.

"Vell, I tell you vot I do, I gif you tventy tollars." "That, I am afraid, will not answer my purpose," said Dalton.

"Perhaps, however, you will loan me thirty dollars on it and hold the lace for a week or so, and I will pay you back thirty-five when some money that is due me comes in ?" Otto looked at him from under his bushy eyebrows.