I've been settin' at your feet larnin' high finance, that's all.

You don't seem to be onto the real inwardness of this deal.

I've got the grub market cornered, that's all.

The market price of necessaries is five dollars each now; it's likely to rise at any time, but now it's five.' "He looked at me steady for at least two more minutes.

Then he got up and banged out of that shanty.