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Poulter of Poulter's Pills. have a pr

to succeed but want your help. Accept
my proposal and your fortunes made. Did
you ever hear Of Moody and Sankey" he
asked abruptly.
IL seemed an eccentric query, end in its
jerky disjointedness reminded me of Alice
In Wonderland. | murmured that / had
had that advantage.
so much the better" he said with evil
dent satisfaction and he lifted his bag on
| to his knees.
was beginning to get rather nervous
What if this man before me were an es-
capped lunatic! What if he carried some
deadly weapon in that bagl AT any rate
would be careful not to contradict him,
but agree with him in everything. / had
alwas understood that this vas the safest
thing for any one to do who might find
himself face to face with q rowing idiot.
$50 much the better" he repeated; at
will save me some risk OF not making my
self understood. You are now in a position
to grasp my scheme. Moody and Sankey
were, | believe, eminently successful in
their line; and it seems to me not unreason-
able to expect that IL similar success will
result from applying the same method in
my business. We must advertise Famous
as Poulter's Pills are, their fame depends
upon keeping up a system Of enterprising
advertisement. We have tried for a time,
as an experiment, the effect Of not adver-
Using, relying upon a well established
reputation; but we found out the mistake.
Advertise we must"
The man is an idiot, thought |. He is
now fairly carried away with mis- particular
mania. viii it last long? Shall I ring?
Novelty, my dear SIR he went on, "is
the rule Of the day, and there must be nov
| city il advertising as in everything else to
catch the public interest. So intend to
go Oh a tour lecturiug on the merits of
poulter's pills in ali the principal halls of
all the principal towns all over the world.
But | have been delayed in carrying out
my idea till | could associate myself with
a gentleman such az yourself. VIII you
join me? | should be the Moody of the
tour, you would be its Sankcy. | would
speak my patter and you would intersperse
my orations with melodious ballads bear
/ ing upon the virtues of Poulter's pills.
/ The ballads are all readyw
So saying, he opened that bag and drew
/ forth from its reccsscs nothing more
alarming than n thick roll OF manuscript
music.
"The verses are my own" he said with
a little touch of pride; land as for the
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