Show TOOK AT HIS WORD artie the unwilling purchaser of work of art when Ross ettl was a student of art he one day happened to go with some fellow s to the baft aas end of london there at a inn he be saw an immense canvas on the bar loom wall vall after laughing it at it tor for some time and thus provoking the inn ina keepers wrath the following conversation took place where did you get that picture oil oh never mind mici man whore where agot I 1 sot it I 1 what price do you set on it yoro more than you can afford indeed said Rosset tt now how much three thousand pounds replied tho the I 1 innkeeper i at this there was a loud joud burst ot of laughter from the tha young artists od you yon know how bow much I 1 would ZI give ve you for your three thousand pound picture now how much the innkeeper three pound sald eald Hoss ettl done said the innkeeper promptly and to his amazement and amusement mr rossell found himself tho the onor oner of the cou mal daub fa to |