"Give me my penny!"
"Ain't no penny comin' to yeh!"
Evan was not the only grinning on-looker. A crowd collected out of nowhere as crowds do. The anxious vendor had now not only to keep up his end of the argument, but to watch his exposed stock as well. But he showed no signs of giving in.
"Get out of here! I don't want you round me!" he cried.
"Give me my penny!"
"Ain't no penny comin' to yeh!"
They repeated it with incredible passion, over and over.
The crowd at first egged on both parties impartially:
"Go to it, men! A penny's a penny at that!"
"Don't let him jew you, old man. All them dagoes is robbers!"