.

"Never mind," Borrochson said. "Now we will close the whole thing up,
and I want it distinctively understood that there should be no
comebacks, Wolfson. You seen it my stock and fixtures, also my safe?"

"Sure I seen it and examined everything, and I don't take your word for
nothing, Borrochson," Wolfson declared as they were summoned into the
presence of Feldman himself.

There Borrochson executed a bill-of-sale of the stock, fixtures, and
safe, in which he swore that he was their sole owner.

"It is distinctively understood," Borrochson said, as he dipped his pen
in the ink to sign the affidavit, "that I don't guarantee nothing but
what I am the owner of the goods. Quality and quantity he got to judge
it for himself."

Mr. Feldman bowed.

"In the absence of a specific warranty the same doctrine applies in
this as in any other case," he replied sonorously, "and that is the
doctrine of _caveat emptor_."

"Caviare?" Wolfson murmured in complete mystification. "What for
caviare is that?"

"_Caveat_, not caviare," Feldman replied. "_Caveat emptor_ means 'Let
the purchaser beware.'"

Wolfson heaved a deep sigh.

"I bet yer it applies in this case," he commented; "if ever a purchaser
had to beware it is in this case."

Borrochson grunted and then pocketed Wolfson's certified check for the
balance of the purchase price, including the four hundred dollars due
for the safe. A minute later he departed, leaving Feldman alone with
his client.

"Mr. Feldman," he said as soon as Borrochson had gone, "supposing a
feller thinks that a safe has got diamonds into it, and supposing I got
that safe, but I know there ain't no diamonds into it because I took
'em out already. And supposing that feller doesn't think that I know
there was diamonds into the safe because them diamonds was supposed to
be in a secret apartment what he only is supposed to know it. Supposing
he buys the safe from me, thinking them diamonds is still into it, and
pays me six hundred dollars for a safe what is only worth fifty. Would
there be any comeback?"

"Decidedly not. And I sincerely hope you haven't been buying any such
safe."

"_Gott soll hueten!_" Wolfson exclaimed.

"No, indeed, there will be no recourse to the vendor," Feldman replied.
"The doctrine of _caveat emptor_ would apply in that case, too."

Wolfson was effusive in his thanks and hastened to return to his
recently acquired jewellery business.

When he left the elevated sta