The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-02-16
II went over to his Store just before

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hold out on his wnges, either. saw
that he was getting ready to so 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 | had been his long-lost
brother, and looked over ray samples as
patiently as n mother OF six at the
county agents. Then he sat down and
strung me off nice little order
81 sort of flattered myself that 1t was
my winning way that was doing II al
first, but changed my mind by the
time | got through with him. | don't
believe he wanted those goods any
more than cat wants two tails. He
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 fellow comes in who
looked as ii he had been up against II
pretty hard He had some kind OF a
preparation to take grease and stains
out OF clothes, and he wanted TO operate
on the storekeepers coat TO show him
how it worked. He didn't have to.
Take box? Why certainly III
take box, says the storekeeper. Ger
tainly | will, my friend. It's just what
I've been needing; only haven't time
to use it now. just rub it on, do you?
Does it matter whether you use a wool
or cotton cloth? Doesn't, Ell? How
much is it?'
twenty-five cents says the ped
dler and wish you hardened wretches
could have seer the poor devils faes
light up. Itwoud have doue you good. II
made me glow all through my inside
Just as if it had been a skillfully con
cocted cocktail. and had good no
ton to buy box of the stuff myself
"'That's cheap enough says the
storekeeper. giving him quarter
Hold on; III take another box, | be-
lieve; I'm the worst man TO get grease
on my clothes you ever saw So he
hands him out another quarter, and the
fellow goes out smiling so that you
could see it with his back turned to you.
As soon as he had gone l asked this no.
bic man If he always bought of agents
or only on Thanksgiving and Fourth of
July.
why he says. smiling benevolent
ly, 4 don't advertise for them, but !
most always buy when they come
around. l figure out that when a man
goes about selling a thing that retails
for 25 cents it's more than likely that
he's hard up, and that 25 cents is a
whole lot of money to him. It's to his
credit that he Goes it, because ! don't
believe it's the pleasaniest or easiest
kind of work. Then l make it work
more than one way. Now, that little
investment was so cents. Are you go
ing up to the hotel? All right, let's 60
and I'll show you sometllng else
He put the boxes of the cleaning
mixture in his pocket and we started
out. About two blocks down the street
he stopped and opened the door OF a
little tailor shop and walked in, and
followed him. 1t was one of the poor
est, barest-looking places you ever saw.
There wasn't anything in ii but some
big shears and a smoothing iron and
one or two scanty rolls of cloth, and
the tailor himself looked half starved.
caught sight of little girl about four
years old breaking for the living-rooms
back of the little shop as we went i'll.
don't believe the poor little thing had
anything on but thin calico slip, and
her little bare legs were blue with the
cold.
"'Well, Hans said the storekeeper
cheerily, 'how's everything"
Poorly bad said the tailor. There
vas no peezness at all no more.
"'Well, there's better times coming,
says the storekeeper. Here's some
thing I've brought you. It's a grease
and stain remover-takes any kind oi
| grease spot or stain out of cloth in
simultaneously. There's couple Of
boxes, and if it turns out all right
think we can manage to get you some
more
well, l wish you could have seen
the tears of gratitude on the poor
tsi,or's face. The storekeeper tried te
get away, but the tailor insisted or
calling in his wife and children to tel
them what he had done for them, ant
then the whole family hung to him and
called down blessings on his head. AL
though unused TO weep, l myself fell
the tears springing to my"
Here the bookkeeper seized the drum
mer by the neck and one of the entr,
clerks caught him by the feet and tiltee
his chair back until it fell with crash