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said Mr. Smith . `` Two for a nickel , '' said the man . `` Take that , '' said Mr. Smith , handing out a ten-dollar bill from a roll of money , `` and ride the little folks free all evening . '' That night the merry-go-round whirled madly till after midnight , freighted to capacity with Mariposa children , while up in Smith 's Hotel , parents , friends and admirers , as the news spread , were standing four deep along the bar . They sold forty dollars ' worth of lager alone that night , and Mr. Smith learned , if he had not already suspected it , the blessedness of giving . The uses of philanthropy went further . Mr. Smith subscribed to everything , joined everything , gave to everything .