. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . e Yahkoj). whose sententious sayings andbroken English afforded a rich source of fun and in [)articular, when he narrated Victcjrs ex[)loits indriving the team against a tree,—not, of course, withoutadding various emltellishments and exaggeratic^ns,—a greatcrowd of townsmen surrounded the wagon, until the last box,barrel and Ijale had been unloaded and transferred to theinterior of the store. The adventure itself, and Yahkopscomical manner of relating it, caused great merriment amongthe crowd, and the good-natured m
. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . e Yahkoj). whose sententious sayings andbroken English afforded a rich source of fun and in [)articular, when he narrated Victcjrs ex[)loits indriving the team against a tree,—not, of course, withoutadding various emltellishments and exaggeratic^ns,—a greatcrowd of townsmen surrounded the wagon, until the last box,barrel and Ijale had been unloaded and transferred to theinterior of the store. The adventure itself, and Yahkopscomical manner of relating it, caused great merriment amongthe crowd, and the good-natured manner in which Victorsometimes joined in the laugh against himself, jnade him quitea favorite among them, so thatlMynheer Van liraaken felicitatedhimself upon his valualde acquisition in his new a])prentice. Victor assisted with a hearty good will in unloading, packingand arranging the goods upon their shelves, showing suchaptitude and docility in all that he put his hands to, that hegained the encouraging approbation of his chief, in this IV. BUNKUM: MERCANTILE AND LITERARY. yjCTOK readily adapted himself to his new mastered the details of the business with ease and rai)idity, and discharged his duties diligently andcheerfully. Mr. Miller, his immediate superior, was a notunamiable man, who patiently answered the numerous ques-tions Victor had to ask about the rules of the establishment,nor disdained to satisfy his curiosity concerning the town, thecountry and the people, and other general topics. In one respect, however, Victor found it exceedingly dilti-cult to satisfy the expectations of his superiors. He could notunderstand how^ it could possibly conduce to the advantage ofhis employer, to deceive the customers as to the real quality orvalue of the goods they wished to purchase. He betrayed hislamentable ignorance — stupidity. Bob Rountree would havesaid — in the rudimentary principles of trade, by suggestingthe silly and antiquated notio
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