Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-12-15

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to favorite commercial traveller who
had lust returned from an extended
tour, do you know anything of the
SOUTH"
"a llttle," was the reply.
"How far south have you beenT
Richmond"
"Ahw exclaimed the head Of the
house. Long getting there"
"Pretty near three years"
"First time that I ever heard that
you were in the late unpleasantness,'"
returned his employer. "Never heard
about your adventures in that line"
"Well," interrupted the salesman,
"you see, l am the only man engaged
in the civil war who is not writing for
the magazines"
"In many battles?" asked the manag-
ing partner.
eyes"
wounded"
"Twice; once in the leg and the other
time in the heart"
Recovered from the effects Of both
wounds?"
Recovered from the shot In the leg;
the wound in the heart is still open."
"Umw was the finale of this running
conversation.
The salesman nodded, and then the
converse became strictly business"
The desire of the firm was concisely
this-to renew southern trade pre-
viously held by the house which had
been interrupted by the civil war and
never regained; never regained be-
cause the house had never made an eff
fort to resume business relations with
that section.
walter" said the senior partner, be-
coming familiar. I'VE must win all that
trade back again. not only want the
city houses, but those remote planta.
ton stores at the crossroads which car
ry such big stocks Of our very lines.
And as for the salary and commission,
the house will guarantee that your
trial trip in the new section shall be no
loss to you"
When the day for the salesman's de-
parture for Virginia came, the head of
the house at parting said:
"Well, you are advancing on Rich
mond this time under somewhat diff
ferent circumstances"
mot so very different" interrupted
the salesman, with quiet chuckle. Il
was a drummer then, and I'm a drum
mer now"
Just at dusk one night he drove up
to the store on the Clayton plantation
and walking into the establishment
announced himself and his business by
presenting his card, as he said:
81 want supper, feed and keep for
my horse, lodging for myself and Will
talk business later"
A young man behind the counter re-
piled:
"Thatll be all right, Mr.. Lines. The
proprietor will be here in moment"
Then he ordered lounging darby to
take the horse round to the barn."
The drummer was just going to ask
the condition Of trade when a woman
entered.
Miss Clayton, the proprietor" said
the clerk, introducing the newcomer.
The greeting Of the two was so
hearty that the clerk almost fell over
the counter.
"Why, Walter"
"Why, Gladys"
That clerk was jewel. He knew
his business. He hurried out of the
store to feed the drummer's horse.
In inclosing an order for large bill
of goods on the ensuing day, the drum
mer In communication to the head
Of the house wrote:
II have entirely recovered from that
wound of the heart. In Miss Gladys
Clayton l have found an old acquaint-
ance, a new woman of the new south,
whom shall have no trouble in bring
ing into the Union. At present her
mother is rather hopeless case, but
am quite sure that she, too, will be-
come thoroughly reconstructed In due
season."-Charles H. Day in Home
Magazine.
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