Show prepared for all it Is proverbial of course that the french always hopes to malce twice as much as be should out 0 the englishman and twice as much again out of the american an english tour ast 1st who knew the french though be did not know his language adopted a simple expedient for transacting bis business abroad lie carried a card into every shop he entered on one side of which was written corn bledl how much and on the other je donnerel don la 1 I will give you half it Is said that he never found further conversation necessary |