in.

"What's the price of some of those ear-rings in the window?" said the
younger. "Let's see what you've got for a couple of dollars or so."

"So help me gracious!" said Mr. Isaacs, as he took from the show-window
three or four cards of plated ear-rings. "I knew you would come in to
buy somethings. When I saw you look in--the very first moment--I say
to my wife, 'There is a good young man that will give a present to some
lovely young lady.' Yes, sir, the very words I said to Sarah."

"What's the price of this pair? I haven't got any girl to treat, but
I 've just got paid off for a whaling voyage, and my lay figured up a
twenty-dollar bill above what I expected, and I don't care if I do lay
out a couple of dollars on my wife besides what I 've brought home for
her."

"Well, sir," said Mr. Isaacs, "the good wife is the very best jewelry.
Those are two dollars. But only study this pair. Hold those up to the
light and take a bird's-eye view through those lovely stones, so round
and large like green peas. Now look. So! Now let your friend look!"

"I 'm no judge," said the other man, "I know what pleases me--that's
all. But them would make a great display, David, wouldn't they?"

"You 're right, sir," said Mr. Isaacs. "'Display' is the very word. My
wife wear just the twins of this pair to the congregation, every week."

Mrs. Isaacs raised her eyebrows: she wore nothing but diamonds.

"What's the price of these green ones?" asked David.

Mr. Isaacs shrugged his shoulders.

"I suppose those are the finest articles of the kind in the whole
creation," he said. "We can let you have those to-day," and he lowered
his voice to a whisper, and put his hand up beside his mouth, "to close
out stock--for six dollars. They cost us only last week eight-fifty, but
we are obliged to reduce stock prior to removal. The building is to be
taken down."

"I would like those tip-top; but I don't know--it's a good deal of money
for gewgaws; my wife would take me to do for it; I guess I must keep
to the two-dollar ones. I come pretty hard by my dollars, and a dollar
means a good deal to me just now."

"But just once look again," said Mr. Isaacs, and he stepped briskly
behind his wife and held up an ear-ring to each of her ears. "See them
on a chaste and lovely form. With these your wife will be still more
lovely. All those other men will say, 'Where did that graceful lady
find so rich ear-rings?' You will see they are a great success: