"I say, old pardy—I dunno your right name—I'm trying to sell a watch-dog; that one there; and I thought maybe you might be hungry to get a valuable animal who can watch the head off of any other dog in this yer county, so I concluded to call and throw him away for the ridic'lous sum of—"
"I wouldn't have him at any price."
"What! don't want him? Don't want a dog with an eye like a two-inch auger, that'll sit and watch a thing for forty years if you'll tell him to? Don't want a dog like that?"
"Certainly I don't".
"Well, this is singular. There don't appear to be a demand for watch-dogs in this place, now, does there? You're the fourth man I've tackled about him. You really don't want him?"
"Of course not."
"Don't want any kind of a dog—not even a litter of good pups or a poodle?"
"No, sir."
"Well, maybe you could lend me five dollars on that dog. I'll pay you back to-morrow."
"Can't do it."