When buddy and his cousin go to buy whiskey how does mr haha surprise them?

Answer 1

When Mr. Haha doesn't make them pay and says he will take the fruitcake as payment.

When the innocent boy and his cousin knock at the door of this juke joint, Haha Jones himself answers. He is a formidable-looking man with scars on his face from many a knife fight. Glowering at them, Haha asks what they want. When his cousin asks for a quart of his "finest whiskey," which is no more than moonshine, Haha laughs. "Which one of you is a drinkin' man?" After he is told that the whiskey will be used in fruitcakes, Haha frowns, telling Buddy's cousin that such usage is a waste of good whiskey. Nevertheless, he sells them a bottle for two dollars. When they pay him with their nickels, dimes, and pennies, Haha's hard face softens, and he returns the change to them saying, "Just send me one of them fruitcakes instead."

Answer 2

He gives it to them for an exchange of one of their fruit cakes because once Mr. Haha Jones say them pay with all those coins he say that they might not be the most finically stable at the moment so he decides to trade instead of cost them.