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HOW A BARGAIN IS MADE.--THE WILES OF THE ITALIAN TRADESMAN.--THE NAKED SULKY BEGGAR, AND THE JOVIAL WELL-CLAD BEGGAR.--WHO IS THE KING OF BEGGARS?
"What are you thinking about, Buttons?"
"Well, Dick, to tell the truth, I have been thinking that if I do find the Spaniards they won't have reason to be particularly proud of me as a companion. Look at me."
"I look, and to be frank, my dear boy, I must say that you look more shabby-genteel than otherwise."
"That's the result of travelling on one suit of clothes--without considering fighting. I give up my theory."
"Give it up, then, and come out as a butterfly."
"Friend of my soul, the die is cast. Come forth with me and seek a clothing-store."
It was not difficult to find one. They entered the first one that they saw. The polite Roman overwhelmed them with attention.