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pieces I had possessed myself of three, the one upon the 

 other, but when I dropped them into his hand they fell 

 apart, and I saw the mistake. 



" Stop/' I exclaimed, " give me back " but ere I could 

 finish my sentence he said, " I'll bring you the right 

 change," and he went to a little sort of table he had in 

 one of the corners of the van, and seemed to occupy him 

 self in looking for money. 



" That will not do," I said ; "I will take no change 

 till you give me back the third five-dollar piece. I ac 

 cidentally gave you three/' 



" You didnt" he confidently replied ; and, with a most 

 vile appeal to Heaven, he took the Deity to witness that 

 I gave him but two gold pieces. I met this impudent as 

 sertion at once with a lie direct, adding, " I will have my 

 five-dollar piece back, or you shall take the consequences 

 of any attempt at retaining it." On this there was a 

 sort of consultation between the two Boh-hoys, and the 

 scoundrel came back with the two gold pieces in his 

 hand, and said, " There's the only money you gave me ; 

 and, rather than have a difficulty, I will take your dogs 

 for nothing." 



" No, no," I said ; " that will not do. I might agree 

 to that, and save a dollar ; for were I to agree to it you 

 would not take my dogs for nothing, because you would 

 still have stolen five dollars. I will have the change out 

 of two five-dollar pieces, and the other gold piece back ; 

 or, when we stop, I will drag you by the collar to the 

 carriages, and appeal to the conductor and the passengers 

 collectively to see that I am not robbed." This declara 

 tion was evidently distasteful to the scoundrel, for I take 

 it he thought I was fully capable of putting my threat in 



