"Yes, sir."
"A wise child this;" and he winked at the ostler, who, of course, laughed incontinently.
"I want a-lad," continued he; "what do you say—would you like to serve me?"
"If I could get any thing by it."
"D-me, if that a'int blunt."
"Yes, sir; that's what I mean."
"Mean! mean what?"
"If I could get any blunt, sir."
Hereupon he laughed outright, at what he considered my readiness, although I merely used the cant term for "money," to which I was most accustomed, from my education among the schoolmasters of the ride.
"Here, take my card," said he; "and tell the old codger, your father, to bring you to my office to-morrow morning, at eleven."