And, of course, Sam wouldn't touch it and sent for the auctioneer and told him so.

And the beggar made Sam hunt for the signature and Sam found it at the top of the canvas instead of at the bottom.

One of the early Dutchmen Sam said it was.

Some kind of a Beck or a Koven.

And would you believe it, the very next day the fellow got a whacking price for it from a collector up in one of the side streets near the Park.