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my friend the haberdasher. He is a good whistler,- and his shop always abounds with some prime articles that you will like to look at. . . ."A glass or two of wine made them as gay as larks, and a hint from Jerry to Logic about the whistler brought them into the shop of the latter in a twinkling. Hawthorne, with great surprise, said, " Where are we? This is no haberdasher's. It's a " "No nosing, Jerry," replied Logic, with a grin; *' you're wrong, the man is a dealer in tape." 1 A whistling shop was a sly grog-shop. No spirits were allowed in the Fleet prison, but of course they were introduced, and could be got at some places. The method of telling who could bJQ trusted, was for the customers to whistle — hence the term.