"I had intended to buy some silver spoons," he said, "but it will
be necessary to wait until I have disposed of the ring. However,
I may as well look at some, eh, Mrs. Barnes?"
"If you like," assented the lady.
So the pair examined some spoons, and fixed upon a dozen, which
they said they would return and buy on the next day, and then,
with a polite good-by, went out of the store, leaving behind, on
the whole, a favorable impression.
Ephraim Young accompanied them out, and walked along beside them
in the street. He, too, was in good spirits, for had not his
companion promised him five dollars for his services, which he
had faithfully rendered? Five dollars to the young man from the
rural districts was a very considerable sum of money--quite a
nugget, in fact--and he already enjoyed in advance the pleasure
which he anticipated of telling his friends at home how easily he
had earned such a sum in "York." He walked along beside the
adventurer, expecting that he would say something about paying
him, but no allusion was made by the adventurer to his promise.
Indeed, five dollars was considerably more than he had in his
possession. When they reached Amity street, for they were now
proceeding up Broadway, he sought to shake off the young man,
whose company he no longer desired.
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