"Well?"

"Mr. K----paid; also, Mr. L----and Mr. M----."

"Well?"

"Mr. N----says the paper is not left for him; but for a young man
who has gone West. Thinks you had better stop it."

I erased the name.

Mr. O---paid the agent."

"He never returned the money."

Mr. P----and Mr. Q----, ditto."

"Never saw a copper of their money. Paid a quarter apiece, cash, for
each of these subscribers."

"Mr. R----says the paper is not worth reading. That he wouldn't pay
a shilling a year for it. I advise you to stop it. He never pays for
any thing if he can help it. Mr. S----paid. Mr. T----paid up to this
date, and wishes it stopped. Never ordered it. Mr. U----paid. I
called upon a great many more, but they put me off with one excuse
or other. I never had a much worse lot of bills."

A basin of cold water on a sentimental serenader could not have
produced a greater revulsion of feeling than did this unlooked-for