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charge it to every one you had dealt with till you 

 struck the right man. How many did you have 

 to try?" 



"Hit it the third trial," said I, "but I hope 

 you don't feel hurt that I tried it on you. I 

 came here first because I thought this house was 

 the least likely to make the mistake and I wanted 

 to feel sure before I tackled the place where I 

 thought it was." 



"There is no feeling here. I only admired 

 your method and thought how I would try it my- 

 self when the need came. Tell me where you 

 found it finally and all will be forgiven," but I 

 merely shook my head while we both laughed as 

 I left the office. 



I so often locked up our gold, with a view to 

 its safety and our own, but to the frequent em- 

 barrassment of the bears, that it is a wonder 

 we were not treated to our own medicine at 

 times. And yet it did happen once in a way 

 to give me a bad quarter of an hour. The 

 trouble was caused by a locomotive on the Jersey 

 Central which blew out its cylinder head and de- 



