The Philosophy of Mr. Pip

In them days that is passed an not menny peo' ple lived in our town and every body knowed that I was here in the lumber business, some of them kind of folks that peddled their bill from yard to yard could sell themselves Lumber at a mighty cheap price an till yet some of the very RtrLIABLE citizens that LIES AN THEN RE-LIES to get out of it still puts it over some of the other dealers here and gits powerful cheap lumber, at times, after I has figgered their bill for the FINAI" and LAST time.

Beins I aint one of them kind of fellers that "keeps up with the Jones's" an as I still operates by principles an not by precedents an aint takin no stock in them new fangled business ideas, the town has got bigger an I ain't so well known, but them that do find me and let me figger their bills linows that I is here, fer after I git through figgerin their bill an one of the other dealers sells it an does all he prornires to git the bill you can take it from me that I ain't the one that got skinned on the deal fer I has THE CHEAPEST LUMBER AT THE CHEAPEST PRICE.