The smith's face beamed with joy. He said: "With us they are allowed the double of it! And what may a mechanic get - carpenter, dauber, mason, painter, blacksmith, wheelwright, and the like?" "On the average, fifty milrays; half a cent a day." "Ho-ho! With us they are allowed a hundred! With us any good mechanic is allowed a cent a day! I count out the tailor, but not the others - they are all allowed a cent a day, and in driving times they get more - yes, up to a hundred and ten and even fifteen milrays a day.

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