"Well, you got a good customer out of the deal anyhow."
"Yes, I did; but I thought I'd lost him. After the election he sent me the thousand and I went down to see him. You know I voted for Bryan."
"Changed your mind, did you?"
"Change? Did you ever hear Bryan speak? When I met the old man I made a clean breast of it, and said, 'I'm mighty sorry to tell you, but I voted for Bryan.'
"'Well, that's all right,' he said. 'So did I.'"
CHAPTER X.
TACTICS IN SELLING—III.
GETTING A MERCHANT'S ATTENTION.
"Seven and nine," said the porter, poking his head into the Pullman smoker, "are all made down."
With this, a couple of the boys bade us goodnight and turned in, but soon two more drifted in and took their places.