Met zen ger stein ", ▁" The ▁Duke ▁de ▁L ' O me lette ", ▁" A ▁T ale ▁of ▁Jerusalem ", ▁and ▁" A ▁Dec ided ▁L oss ." ▁Though ▁none ▁of ▁his ▁entries ▁won ▁the ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁prize , ▁the ▁edit ors ▁of ▁the ▁Cou rier ▁were ▁im pressed ▁enough ▁that ▁they ▁published ▁all ▁of ▁Po e ' s ▁stories ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁months . ▁ ▁" The ▁B arg ain ▁Lost " ▁was ▁published ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 8 3 1 . ▁It ▁is ▁unclear ▁if ▁Po e ▁was ▁paid ▁for ▁its ▁publication . ▁There ▁were ▁several ▁differences ▁between ▁this ▁version ▁and ▁later ▁versions : ▁originally , ▁the ▁main ▁character ▁was ▁named ▁Pedro ▁Gar cia , ▁his ▁encounter ▁was ▁not ▁with ▁the ▁Dev il ▁himself ▁but ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁mess engers , ▁and ▁the ▁story ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁rather ▁than ▁France . ▁Po e ▁ret itled ▁the ▁story ▁" B on - B on — A ▁T ale " ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁repub lished ▁in ▁the ▁Southern ▁Liter ary ▁M essen ger ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 8 3 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁published ▁in ▁T ales ▁of ▁the ▁Gro tes que ▁and ▁Arab es que ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁ep ig raph ▁preceding ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁from ▁William ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁As ▁You ▁Like ▁It : ▁" The ▁he ath en ▁phil os opher , ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁mind ▁to ▁eat ▁a ▁gra