Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-25
A MAGNIFICENT CHEEK.
\ Salesman Wha I.nvled Its Colbsea

\ Salesman wha Invled Its Colise0
 Proportions.
 A little e,d-rly mau W ith ti,nid ar, and Hhooe thin forT vas covered with long ulster, stood uad,t~nnir ed in the doorway O. . well known cloth.er's tm Broadway yester. day afternoon gravely stroking 6 pair of gray side whiskers that partially covered hia sharp face He seemed t. be trying to gather courage enough to enter Suddenly he sue. ceeded, opened the door and sidled up to an exceedingly well dressed and handsome sales. man. In low, gentle oice. 6 if he stood Tn great awe of the salesman, he asked ta be shown some S10 Q oyercoats. The sales. man, ill that cont escending manner peculiar to handsome m sn, got some out, and continued getting some out and in getting some anger until he hs tried on the little man a sample of all the s10 overcoats in the place. The customers we seemed to grow with the salesman's rage He asked for each successive coat with al eff you please" ut tered in more conciliatory tone each time. When the salesman, in loud. digniaed voice, finally informed nim tn 1t he had looked d the entire stock of sl0 overcoats, the littls man calmly intimated he would take the first one that had been shown to him, and the salesman looked fierce and demanded to know whether he would have the new or thu cd one wrapped up.
 Then a great transformation took placA The little man stretched himself an inch higher, threw of his timid air and demanded in loud voice whether the salesman saw the suit he had on. The sur ,ris:d salesman said he did Then the little man followed up his question with a second demand upon the per. captive faculties of t,le salesman as to whether he saw how it ae faded. The sales man, whose patrouizins ab seemed to be giv ing way to fright, was for, ,d to admit that the cloth under tine c Mar was somewhat brighter than tho rest of tks suit. Thereupon the little man, in W ring tones, in- formed the salesman he bad purchased the suit for SIS in that same ssore, and as it had faded so much he thought e reliable house l ke that should allow e hteral discount on the overcoat. The salesman was now ter illled. He had never hard of such thing. He called for the manager. and, that individ. al arriving, the little nnas made known hia demand for discount. Tho manager ob. ] scted on the ground tlist the suit hadn't Teen in stock for nearly ts,ree years. Then tse little man blandly aGiaitted that he had worn the suit on Sundays for one year, as . business suit another yeer, and had been knocking about in it fer six months, but he said he thought as the suit had faded, he should new get . discount of at least half the price on the next purchase as balm to his wounded pride for wearing faded suit. The sales man trembled, the manager vas startled and offered the little man S1 discount, osten- sibly to get rid of him, er perhaps, as he said, because of his many former purchases. The little man refused 1t with scorn. He loftily said he thought the house was . reliable house, and that the just and proper thing to do was to allow aim S9 on the coat
 The manager smiled sar donically and said. "My dear sir, trust you will pardon me but for solidity of cheek think you are un- squaled in New York"
 Then the little man looked scornfully upon the manager, gathered up his ulster and passed out. The manager returned his look with an amused smile, trt that tired and once lofty salesman proceeded to rearrangs tho sock and envy the customer his astound- ing cheek "Ah, me-" he sighed, with my face and figure and his cheek how would get on in the worldr--Nsw York Esvning Bun.