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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 461

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oys were dropping knives. Whole blade or no trade, and Red leather,trade forever, were the usual iron-clad agree-ments that made the exchange binding. Presently Pinkey turned his attention to theunsettled argument concerning the knife andpen. It was plain that harmony of opinion wasout of the… … PINKEY GETS THE PEN. sired most, and asked Pinkey what he had totrade. Aint got nothin much here to trade, butI 11 give you ten cents for her if you want tosell er. This put new life into the transaction — cash,owing to its chronic scarcity, being invariablyabove par. But Jimmy must not appear…

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