Bought Walrond's library for a franc a volume-the Elzevirs alone worth double the amount paid-bailey bolted, and so lose his last bills-Martin quarrelsome-said he never yet won at any sitting with me-lost seventy to him, and sent him home satisfied.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Neal bailey recalled that he spent his entire first day as a laborer driving fence posts with a 16-pound hammer.
"Frying Pan Farm"
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
The company, to bind the contract, paid bailey $15 down and it was agreed that thereafter he should be paid at the rate of $10.75 a month.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews