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Sure, He Did the Right Thing! "I hope it will be a long time before I have such another test applied to my honesty," a down-town merchant remarked as he returned from waiting on a customer, relates the St. Paul Dispatch. "What was the trouble?" asked his partner. "These near-wool, suits. An old fellow came In Just now and asked me the price of one. 'Seven dollars,' I told him. 'Speak louder!' he said, holding his hand behind hia ear. So I yelled, 'Seven dollars!' 'Eleven dollars! Too much! I'll give you nine!' he re» plied." His partner looked at the speaker in ularm. 'Y'ou—er—ot course, did the right thing?" "I guesa you can depend on me to do the right thing," was the haughty retort. Then he paused. "You'd better get some dollar bills when you go to the bank," he remarked. "I just gave an old fel. low our last one for change."'
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