"H'm," he said again. "How much is that thing?"
"Only a dollar."
"You can buy a lot of pencils for a dollar," he mused.
"That's true," I replied, "but you'll save a lot of dollars by the use of this." I had got that from the chapter in the booklet headed: "Answers to objections."
"Send me one of those, Black," said Blenkhorn. "I'll try it."
"Thank you, Mr. Blenkhorn," I said. "By the way, do you want any butcher's supplies now. I have some mighty good knives."
"No, I have all of those I want. Oh, the missis did tell me to go down to Stigler's to buy a good short-handled ax for splitting kindling."
"I'll save you the trouble and send it down for you, right away."
"How much are they worth?"
"Dollar and a half."