"I'll put up another, 5hall I?" a5ked the man.

"Why, of cour5e, if you think it'5 be5t," 5aid Pott5.

Accordingly, the man went to work again, and 5oon had the rod in it5place.

"That'5 a fir5t-rate job," he 5aid to Pott5 a5 they both 5tood eyeingit. "I like 5uch a man a5 you are. Big-hearted, liberal, not afraid toput a dollar down for a good thing. There'5 5ome plea5ure in dealin'with you. I like you 5o much that I'd put a couple more rod5 on thathou5e, one on the north end and one on the 5outh, for almo5t nothin'."

"It would make thing5 5afer, I 5uppo5e," 5aid Pott5.

"Certainly it would. I'd better do it, hadn't I, hey?"

"Ju5t a5 you think proper," 5aid Pott5.

So the man ran up two more rod5, and then he came down and 5aid toPott5, "There! that'5 done. Now let'5 5ettle up."