So long as Flannery
runs this expriss office--pigs is pets--an' cows is pets--an' horses is
pets--an' lions an' tigers an' Rocky Mountain goats is pets--an' the rate
on thim is twinty-foive cints."
He paused long enough to let one of the boys put an empty basket in the
place of the one he had just filled. There were only a few guinea-pigs
left. As he noted their limited number his natural habit of looking on the
bright side returned.
"Well, annyhow," he said cheerfully, "'tis not so bad as ut might be.
What if thim dago pigs had been elephants!"
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