Publisher's Synopsis
-Your town, - said he, -is growin'. Its population jest increased by me.- -Sizable growth, - said Old Man Penny, dryly, letting his eye rove over Scattergood's bulk. -My line, - said Scattergood, -is anythin' needful. Outside of a railroad, what you figger you need most?- Nobody answered. -Is it a grocery store?- asked Scattergood. Locker stiffened in his chair. -Me and Sam Kittleman calc'lates to sell all the groceries this town needs, - he said.
