The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-31

up town in wan av thin offices SEE to
me, Michael SEE he-.ye'r shmart
young man an the makins av proH1f-s$
mint politician seq he-sbut yez can
not exert the proper inflooence in So
ciety. he sez-ontil We lave off messfn
wild shoVels an dinner phailS an thai
loike. An yen shtart DOT as book
agint fer me- seq me frfnd-sOi'H allow
yez rs per clint an all We can make on
the soide.''
''tPhut'll OF gitsa wake? seq OF.
Man dear. SEE he, big as We plaze-#
yell not Wurruck be TIL wake loike
wan iv them common laborers-ye'H
wurruk be the year fer saliry,' SEE me
frind.
. .Phut'll me saliry be?' SEE Oh, inno-
clint as We Place d
'Oi hev min, sez he-.t recaves sail
riages. Av coorse yen hev to begin at
tn botthom av the ladder he seq
but thud think We wul make a mat
Their av $1,000 the first year. SEE he.
:. Is ut jokin v are?' seq OIL
.Divil the bit av joke seq he.
Thin Dim tn book agint yere looks
in for, SEE Oh, an wild that OF shpislt
livery clint in me clothes fer a black
shoot and cillilide collar an rid neck
tie wild shpots on ut.
Ye're the foine figure av man.
SEE me frind, when Z called at TIL office
Ioi iHe sdHpll case, an VII pc aItnef
giving yez few Wurruds av advice
SEE he. .Whin we're thryin' to sell a
gintleman book SEE he, don't t'hake
mo" for an answer-do not be easily
scouraged-shtick to ut ontil we've
succeeded, an begob,' SEE he there's
nothing succeeds like SUCCESS
!" .Phut'll OF do av they will not buy
the hook?' seq OF.
Make thin buy seq he. Make
thin buy whittier they want to do Ut or
not, SEE he-'alWays reminder ye're as
good as the NIT man. SEE me frind-
an sell books avayez have to knock a
man down an sell him tn Loives av
TIL Saints afterwards
Twill, the first man I wint to sell a
book to was real eshtrate agint in
the Rochester block. A big fat man he
was, wild a froWn an the fhace av him.
an sharp tongue
'Ye're a book agint,' SEE he-quick
as loightnin'.
'Oi am betrayed, seq OF, thinkin'
a little pleasinthry wud thake wild him
Git out, SEE he, squirmin' 1oike a
sowl in tormint; git OUT seq he, you
insilint fakir.'
'Arrah, but we've t shWate timper,'
OF seq. Phuts happined at the house?'
"The mans eyes batted somethin' fe-
roshus, an he tried to f1ure me wild
an ink pot, but OF wuz too quick wild
Inc props. beIOfe" ne CuQ Spnake, lux
TIL ink pot an sat the man down hard
in his own chair.
- IT'S a waste o. time thalkin' wild
the loikes av yez,' OF seq; an Oi'll tilalk
no more; but yell buy TIL 'Loives av
TIL Saints inside av a minute or ORR
sphread yez all over the f1ure.' The
man saw Oh mint ut, an down he comes
wild the Tower dollars, noice as We PLACE.
6 Thank We kindly SEE Oh, an wild
that OF TUX me lave, well satisfied wild
mesilf. But me probe wuz short llv-
ed. The real .eshtate man tiliphoned
to the police, an jist when OF had ar
ranged with anither gentilman in thee
MKT builgin' to take tin copies av The
Loives,' an commissions wuz comm
shwift, in comes Johnny Hoy wild a
warrant av artist. Twas me lasht
thrip into society Thin occupations is
all roight for min that's thrained to ut,
but tn ould shovel's good enough for
Michael Flaherty, begob."
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