"No, not here—in Europe."
"I knowed they warn't made areound here, by a darn'd sight!"
"We've plenty of American hinges, if you wish them," said the clerk.
"I've seen hinges made in aour place, better'n them."
"Perhaps you have. We have finer hinges," answered the clerk.
"I 'spect you have; I don't call them anything great, no how!"
"Well, here's a better article; better hinges—"
"Well, them's pooty nice," said the Yankee, interrupting the clerk, "but they're small hinges."
"We have all sizes of them, sir, from half an inch to four inches."
"You hev?" inquiringly observed the Yankee, as the clerk again left him and the hinges, to wait on another customer, who bought a keg of nails, &c., and left.