THE STORY
There were two merchants travelling along the road. One of them said to the other that the help of God was in the road. The other said it was not.
"How shall we find that out?"
"We'll leave it to the judgment of the first man we will meet."
It was short they went till they met a man. They asked him was the help of God in the road. He told them that it was not. Whatever the bet was that they had made about it, he [i.e., the man who said that the help of God was in the road] had to pay.
Well, they walked along for another while, and this man said that he would not give it up [or admit], that the help of God was not in the road.
"What bet will you make now?" says the other man.
"I've nothing left now except my eye, but I'll bet it with you," says he.