Book of Wine & Seizures by WC Smith Book 6 The Industrious Godowner Ch 2 Buyers & the Beatings Taken

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Buyers & the Beatings Taken

nd when that the psychic print of his person were faded from the den, commenst the buyers to examine their buyings with the scrutiny of commerse moguls. And one

said, This stick, suppose ye that it doth functien? And he tried the stick, and it workt. Then look-ed he upon his hand, and thereupon were a piece of dried painter’s paint, which was come off from offen the stick. And he took his knife, which he callt Roosterwrecker, and cat he off some more paint offen the stick, and became amaze’d, and exceeding wroth, saying, This were mine own stick, which was stolen centuries ago from outen mine house; and it hath been painted with painter’s paint! See, here is its spesial number which once upon an while I carv-ed into the wood. [And the number was One.]

But lo, another said, I also carv-ed an number upon my stick also, which also was One; and the sticke was also steal’d right outen mine house. This stick is therefore mine.

Whereupon said the first unto him, I can stinguish mine numbre from thine, for mine is straight, as this one here is straight—well, it hath ambld a mite, I see, owing to time buckles—and therefore is this stick mine.

Mine, I say. No, mine. No, mine, mine. Thou fool! No, thou! No, thou! And they fell to blows.

And another of the buyers said, See this rug; whereas once she did fly, I see that she hath been grounded and lieth supine. Yea, that Merta hath crasht one soaring spirit in this rugge, and corroded its rugsoul. And tho he hath washt her, thou mayest yet see the remaindour on here of my number, which was etcht thereupon before that the rug was stolt from offn my floor. And the numbre was One, tho remaindour now One Third.

Here, cried every one; My rug also was stolen, which once flew missions, and my number were One, also!

And on this item, sayeth another, He hath braze’d away mine Ones and installd his own Ones; still, this I can discern by the malperfectery of his effort, for no man of earth maketh Ones as do I. (And pride went all upon the face of this talker; tho other countenances narrowd.)

And every item the which they had here bought from Siriul Merta were found to be their own, which had been stolen, and now were solt again unto them. And they wilted down in dejexis, saying, Verily, verily, we have paid twice their worth. Upon the originel buying of them

My rug also was stolen, which once flew missions c 2007 W Schafer

in better days paid we once; and again upon this curst, coerced purchase from Siriul Merta have we now plunkt also: one & one are twice. And they went choleric against him, calling him, of all things, A Thief Truly Lowe.

And those others in the room with them were kindld against them, saying, Most of us here are fine Thiefs, who daily deal with you sad smackers in bizniss, yet knowing not ere this moment your opinion of us, the proud roster & vocal row of the Right Skilld Guild. From this day hence shall ye all find your selfs with brittle bizness upon yo hands, and shall ye walk in unproductive modes ever after, sallah.

And after the buyers were beaten by the other drunkards, which in main were fine thieves, did they depart upon their bellies outen the inn and murmur among them in the street, saying, ’Tis mine head, that most hurts; or, I am injur’d total. And they said (for the fire in them was everlasting), When that we have recoverd from our beating shall we set after Siriul Merta, to blame him in personem for our local fate. There is no way out from this city; he must ply again the same pavements in going about, soon or unsoon. (Tho, there were no pavements upon the sandlin streets; rather spake they after a pretenchius manner, in alluding unto pavements, for such worldly men as they had heard of civlisasiens.) And there will we be waiting, with sticks, and axes, and trees, and fire, and swords, and spears, and rasps, and stones, and jawclampfs, and virulent mice, and a great rolling weapon of some sortte.

Now they said, There is no waye outen the city, be cause of dragons. Yea, holding sway in that reach were the crushing rageous belief that ragons had setted up twixt the double walls, and bilt their dwellings, and no man may pass through a wall lest he be rent & cloven & carried up for picking over. And this same steady belief did hold root within and without, so that neither was there any coming into nor any going outen that citty. But trade was made by caddapullet, with flinging of lentils & other goodes o’er the wall, and lentils & other things flung back pro quo. And likewise was the refuse of the city flung outen the city, and the refuse that was without the city flung again back into the face of the city within. Sheww; hast thou been doust upon, hast thou shoulderd a load of boo?