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Day before yesterday I bought the old barkentine _ Mayfair _ . She 'd been laid up in Rotten Row for seven years , and for at least four years the tide has been rising and falling inside her . She cost me seven hundred and fifty dollars , and I sold her the same afternoon to Al Hanify for a thousand . Not very much of a profit ; but then it was Saturday and everybody closes up shop at noon , you know . So I felt the day was n't a blank , anyhow . `` And what do you suppose Al did ? You 'll laugh .