o think he had been raised a
"pet" and was accustomed to having his own way in everything.

But as I was not one of the "petting" kind, and rather inclined to have
my way about things in general, we gradually grew into a controversy.

He declared the horse and carriage was his, and he had a right to stop
when and where he pleased.

I gave him that privilege, but also gave him notice that I owned the
goods and carried the money, and as "the walking was not all taken up"
he could drive as fast and as far as he pleased, but I was going to stop
at every house, even though I might lose a piece of my unmentionables by
every dog on the road.

At last I was successful in trading spectacles with an old lady,
receiving two pairs of old glasses and two dollars in cash for the pair
I let her have.

This enlivened things up for a while, but only temporarily. We drove
back to his home at Kirkersville, where, after invoicing and dividing
profits, we dissolved partnership.

CHAPTER IX.

CONTINUING THE JEWELRY AND SPECTACLE BUSINESS ALONE--TRADING A WATCH
CHAIN FOR A HORSE--PEDDLING ON HORSEBACK--TRADING JEWELRY FOR A HARNESS
AND BUGGY--SELLING AT WHOLESALE--RETIRING FROM THE JEWELRY BUSINESS.

After dissolving partnership I returned to Columbus, replenished my
stock, and started out alone. I took the first train out from the city
and stopped about ten miles distant, at a small country village, and
commenced operations. My success was gratifying. I walked through the
country, peddling from house to house.

After my third day out, I came to a spacious looking farm house just at
nightfall, and asked the lady if she would keep me over night. She said
she had no objections, but her husband was prejudiced against keeping
peddlers or agents, and she was sure he would object. I asked where he
was, and she said he was away on a horse trade.

While we were talking he drove up with a handsome bay mare, and called
his wife out to show her what a "_bang up_" trade he had made, adding
with much ardor and excitement that if the fellow he had traded with was
horseman enough to get the other horse to pull a pound he would do more
than any one else had ever done.

I asked him to keep me over night, when he turned on me with a volley of
oaths sufficient to color the atmosphere blue for some distance around.

I assured him, in the blandest manner possible, that I was no horse
thief nor burglar, and that I had plenty of money and expe