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 well."—The young lady ran out at this appeal.—"I got the piece pretty cheap, in payment of a debt that I thought bad.—But I am wandering from the point on which I called on you.—You must know, sir, since I have taken to the bookselling trade, I am a great ''pattern of learning'', and hearing you are a very good hand, I am willing to give you employment, sir."—"You are very kind," said Hamilton.—"And as to terms, I tell you how I do with my journeymen, and I find some of my authors agreeable to it; also I gives them their wages in traffic."—"In traffic!" said Hamilton.—"Yes, and I find it a very good way: for instance, a coat, or a waistcoat, or a pair of breeches, or sometimes in provisions. I buy a lot of hams, and give pieces of them as payment, both at the board and printing-house. Do you ever do any thing in the