"Strawb'rees! Strawb'rees!"
An hour afterward, a friend called upon Mrs. Mier, the lady who had bought the strawberries. After talking about various matters and things interesting to lady housekeepers, Mrs. Mier said:
"How much did you pay for strawberries this morning?"
"Ten cents."
"You paid too much. I bought them for eight."
"For eight! Were they good ones?"
"Step into the dining-room, and I will show them to you."
The ladies stepped into the dining-room, when Mrs. Mier displayed her large, red berries, which were really much finer than she had at first supposed them to be.
"You didn't get them for eight cents," remarked the visitor, incredulously.
"Yes I did. I paid forty cents for five boxes."