We'll
stand here and talk a minute. What is it you want to say, Billy?"
"Well, it's like this," went on the Washington boy. "I know these
second-hand men. If they think you want a thing they'll charge you a lot
of money for it. But if they think you don't want it very much they will
let you have it cheap. I know, 'cause a fellow and I wanted to get a
baseball glove in here one day. It was a second-hand one, but good. The
fellow I was with knew just how to do it.
"He went in, and asked the price of a lot of things, and said they were
all too high. Then he asked the price of the glove, just as if he didn't
care much whether he got it or not. The man said it was a dollar, but
when Jimmie--the boy who was with me--said he only had eighty cents, the
man let him have the glove for that."
"Oh, I see what you mean!" cried Nan. "You mean we must try to get a
bargain."
"Yes," said Billy. "Otherwise, if you go in and want to buy those dishes
first thing, the man may want five dollars for 'em."
"Oh, we haven't that much money!" cried Nan, much surprised.
"That's why I say we must go slow," said Billy. "Now you leave this to
me and Bert.
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