The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg


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I'll give you twenty."  
No."  
Twenty-five."  
No."  
Say thirty."  
The price is forty thousand dollars; not a penny less."  
All right, I'll give it. I will come to the hotel at ten in the  
morning. I don't want it known; will see you privately."  
"Very good." Then the stranger got up and said to the house:  
"I find it late. The speeches of these gentlemen are not without merit,  
not without interest, not without grace; yet if I may he excused I will  
take my leave. I thank you for the great favour which you have shown me  
in granting my petition. I ask the Chair to keep the sack for me until  
to-morrow, and to hand these three five-hundred-dollar notes to Mr.  
Richards." They were passed up to the Chair.  
"At nine I will call for the sack, and at eleven will deliver the rest of  
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