"I bought the cap and gloves for myself," Dick went on, "and those fowls are for all of us."
He pointed to the table where lay two turkeys weighing nine pounds each, and a pair of chickens.
"Wonders will never cease," said his mother, laughing heartily. "You don't mean that you bought all these things for twenty dollars."
"Please come in where it's warm; and I'll tell you all about it."
"I meant all the time to buy a turkey for Christmas dinner, and I went to the market to see how much it would cost. There were crowds and crowds of them; but they were very high. As I came out I saw a man getting into a pung. He was grumbling awfully. I went up to him and found he'd got turkeys and chickens; but they were not very fat and he couldn't sell them.
"'How much do you ask?' I said."
"'Just what I can get,' he answered real cross. 'I'm twenty miles from home and the rain is coming on heavy.'"
"I picked out the best two turkeys and two chickens which I could find; and I said—"
"'I'll give you a dollar and a half for those.'"
"'Clear out!'" he screamed. "'I'll carry 'em home first.'"