If  his  salary  could  not  be  raised  without  that,  he  must  rub
on,  as  best  he  could,  on  his  present   income.     The  person
was  evidently  much  surprised,  and  said:     'lam  sorry  you
have   such  old-fashioned  notions.     Why,  judge,  everybody
does  it  here.'     Nothing   more  was  heard  of  increasing  the
judges'  salaries  for  a  whole  year,  during  which  the  inflation
itself  had  become  inflated,  and  every  door-keeper  and  copyist
had  had  his    stipend   increased.    At  length,   the    spoilers
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66  THE    SECRETS   OF   THE   GEEAT   CITY.
deemed  it  best,  for  purposes  of  their  own,  to  consent  ttat
the  salaries  of  the  judges  should  be  increased  $1,000;  and,
a  year  after  that,  the  other  $1,000  was  permitted  to  be
added.
