"I am going to make this boy give me back my gold piece." "Say, you," said a man who had listened to the talk for several minutes.
"When did you lose that five-dollar gold piece ?" "Yesterday morning," answered Link Merwell.

"I bought a newspaper from this boy and after a while I found out I had given him a five-dollar piece in place of a cent." "Did you buy any postage stamps about the same time ?" went on the man.
"Why--er--yes, I did." Link Merwell gave a start.

"Say, did----" "You did," answered the man, with a sarcastic grin.

"I'm the clerk at that window and I'm just going to lunch," he explained to the crowd.
"You bought five two-cent stamps and threw down a nickel and what I supposed were five pennies.

When I looked at them I saw one was a five-dollar gold piece.