Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-13
RECEIVING A BOOK AGENT.
She Made Things Lively Tor Him whi
 He Staid.

He Staid.
 A man with a prospectus under his arm and indignation under his waist coat rang the doorbell violently. ''In get in there if they open the door wide enough to admit knife blade, he said to himself as he recalled his experience at the last place, where door had been slammed in his face
 Not receiving a response quickly enough, he seized the bell crank and gave it six revolutions without G pause. A middle aged woman, with shu"p irss- lures, threw open the door with ,. swing that laid it flat against the wat,
 "Come inr' sho exclaimed to the man, who had already got his foot on the Cioorsill Come right in. I'm al- ways glad to see book agents. Here, this way" and she ushered him into the parlor with a sweeping courtesy. Take a seat. Have this rocker. Let mo take your hut, There, are y sI comfortable" "A soft snap" thought the merry ringer of doorbellS when he had time to recover from the bewilderment of his cordial reception. "I must resemble a long lost son. "
 
 "Yes. ma 'am," he replied in his blandest tones. 'ThiS work, sold only by subscription"-
 "Couldn t go down town and buy it?" she asked shortly.
 No That would be utterly impossi- ble. This work. sold only by subscrip- tion, is vivid and exhaustive''-
 Let mo see it," she demanded, lift ing the opened prospectus from his hand as he was preparing to go on with his praCtiCed recital.
 '' Tine People In the Darkness. Is it? Bound in morocco, calf or seal skin, just as yuu prefer Paid in installments so that you won't feel the expense? Only
 ''As I was going to say. madam'- Don't madam me. Miss, if you please
 "Beg l.., ,..n. Madam. er-or miss as was saylng. Tnis-that work"-
 "Who wrutc lt:' she interrogated, pausing |, fore thr T-cface with the at titude uf ;.:i tAHiuim,r
 "Why-thiS'
 "I'n asking you who wrote it, " and there was menace i'll her tone. ''This - Cr - this is-by the Rev. | D. of N-"
 Right. Wbore is the Ganges?" she asked. turning over the leaves. Pardon me. but you"-
 Do l? Do you mean to say that you can't tell where the Ganges is? And you expect me to buy your vivid and exhaustive work. Do the people throw their children to the crocodiles or alli gators: Whats tho difference between | q crocodile and an alligator anyway What
 If you would only listen''-
 If I'm going to buy your stuff, Tn going to know something about it, , sine snapped. How many heathens art there? How many"-
 Excuse me, but
 Such ignorance does not admit o excuse How do the heatheu live? Wha do they dp when it rains! Where i' Japan: Bound China on tho west Where
 But the book agent had risen. H, backed into the hall and seized his hat but she followed him. turning the leave' of the book and firing a volley of ques tions aLou, every chapter.
 "Expvct mo to buy your book with out explanations. do you? l don't wan it or you either It's vivid and cx haustivo wari;, you say. sold only by
 The discomdt>l man hmped out O the door, and as it was close behin' him he heard in a vague way this part ing shot. i reckon you'll know tn next time how ;o ring peoples door bells docrntly. "-Indianapolis News.