Evening journal., 1899-05-18


and has to look up the mortgage reg
listers al the county seat whenever he
gets a good order. A man might almost
as well be in politics. Once in awhile,
though, he finds one OF natures I'M
spoiled children, with an inch thick Of
cream on the milk OF human Kindness
las / did on Thanksgiving.
1T was good liquor, was it7'' asked
the cashier.
The drummer looked at him scoru-
fully. That's your idea OF good 81.
maritan," he said; "some body who will
undertake 10 fill your skin with rum.
This man I'm talking about was going
around doing people good-shedding
bright sunshine into darkened lives
as freely as q NANCY deg does hair and
setting an example to the community.
lie isn't rated above X but that kind
pf a man doesn't get rich. He isn't
built like you.
II went over to his store just before
dinner. and found the first thing that
he was going to give his clerk the rest
Of the day Off. No, he wasn't going 10
hold out on his wages. either. / saw
that he was getting ready to go to din
ner, too. and told him that hated
to disturb him and all that sort OF
thing, and he just smiled as cordially
as though I had been his toughest
brother and looked over ray samples as
patiently as q mother of six at the
county agents. Then he sat down and
strung me of nice little order
II sort Of battered myself that II was
my winning way that was doing il at
first, but changed my mind by the
time got through with him. l don't
believe he wanted those goods any
more than q cat wants two tails. lie
merely wanted TO jolly me up and make
me feel good and thankful. was tear
ing the duplicate out of my book, and
he had got one arm in the sleeve Of his
coat when a fellow comes In who
looked as II he had been up against Il
pretty hard. He had some Kind OF a
preparation to take grease and stains
out Of clothes, and he wanted to operate
on the storekeeper's coat TO show him
how il worked. lie didn't have to.
"'Tale a box? Why certainly III
take box says the storekeeper Ger
tainly l will, my friend. It's just what
I've been needing; only l haven't time
to use 1t now. just rub It on, 90 youg
Does it matter whether you use q wool
or cotton cloth2 Doesn't, Ell? How
much is IT.?
Twenty-Five cents says the ped
dler, and l wish you hardened wretchCs
could have seen the poor DEVILS fac.
, lightu up. Itwould have done you good. II
made me glow all through my inside
! just as II 1t had been skillfully con
, cocted cocktail and / had a good no
} ton to buy box Of the stuff myself
"'That's cheap enough says th'
storekeeper, giving him quarter
, Hold on; I'll take another box, be
lieve; I'm the worst man TO get gTvas
e on my clothes you ever saw. So h
hands him out another quarter, and tn
= fellow goes out smiling so that yol
] could see It with his bacl, turned TO you
r As soon as he had gone I asked this no
e BILE man If he always bought Of agent
or only on Thanksgiving and Fourth @
k July.
"'Why,' he says, smiling benevolent
q ~, I don't advertise for them. but
:. most always buy when they com
e around. l figure out that when a ma
/. goes about selling q thing that retail
e for 25 cents it's more than likely tina
;. he's hard up, and that % cents Is
e whole lot of money TO him. It's TO al
I credit that he does it, because dor
= believe it's the pleasantest or easie.
kind Of work. Then / make 1t wor
q more than one way. Now, that lit
. investment was 80 cents. Are you e.
a. ing up to the hotel? All right, let's G
e and I'll show you something else
e "He put the boxes Of the cleanln
= mixture in his pocket and we startc
n out. About two blocks down the stree
% he stopped and opened the door Of
r little tailor shop and walked in. and
followed him. 1t was one Of the poo
b. est, barest-looking places you ever say
r. There wasn't anything in il but son
10 big shears and q smoothing iron al
le one or two scanty rolls OF cloth. an
the tailor himself looked half starve
Il 1 caught sight of little girl about fo'
lr years old breaking for the living-roeu
r back of the little shop as we went in.
ID don't believe the poor little thing h'
10 anything on but thin calico slip. al
N her little bare legs were blue with Il
cold.
If "'Well, Hans said the storekeepe
Il. cheerily, 'how's everythingY
n "'Poorty bad said the tailor. The
a vas no peezness at all no more
Ia "'Well, there's better times cominl
a SAYS the storekeeper. Here's som
IN thing I've brought you. It's a grea
as and stain remover-takes any kind
lie grease spot or stain out of cloth i
be simultaneously. There's couple
u. boxes, and If 1t turns out all right
n think we can manage to get you sor
er more
ut "Well, I wish you could have SCI
n. the tears OF gratitude on the 20
taiior's face. The storekeeper tried
"a get away, but the tailor Insisted
he calling IN his wife and children TO d
*. them what he had done for them. a
le- then the whole family hung to him aN