Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-11-11
WAS THE WRONG Man
rHE BOOK Asent opened the 3.


work again. The Book Agent puifcd awey
quietly al his cigar. looking around the
Office the while as II he were the Office man
bosom friend and had bceu used TO walkins
into the office most Of he's hfe- Finally an,
Man in the oiiice looked up and the Boob
Agent repeated bis salutAtion. Of: "SooS
morning
Hare yut" srunted the man N the OF
6ce.
',Oh. I can't complain at all Business Is
good and I am never sick. But didn't
come 10 talk business, exactly. l thought
I'd drop Ia 10 see how you liked that lesi
set q Browning | ssnt you. las nics
thing. isn't rs / though; you'd like Il
There isn't anything new in nay line thas
you haven't got. l guess, except an edition
Ct 'Errish Drama;ics OF the Sixteenth ar0
Seventeenth Centuries in tins style" ard
he threw out a sample volume. But I'm
not going 90 ask You 10 look at il today ,
just thought Ia come in for a mornent.
The Man in the otice looked intensely 20 I
Esved lie ventured 20 smile and even *
make a remark % the effect that not every /
agent bad 80 much consideration.
Well" went on the Book Agent, Il never /
press a man. II I see he's busy I never dis
Surb him. And when Go get al him. sin
ply show him the books have, and Z he
wants chem, al night; Il be doesn't all right
That's al there is 70 il. They generally tresi
ne vel. accordingly. But even a. that
I there are times when the life Of an agent
isn't al fun. Way, remember ore time Y
Chicago" bere both men settled down -
re further u their seats and -Cht sheii
cisars. for a Story seemed evident, zone time
in so-put-puI-shat ! had qucei
experiences. / had been selling herndon's
'lIs oi Lincoln tie previous year. and al
lis time was busy win Bouruenues Ike
- NJ z-- The fDnt Vas .-n-~r rf-v
vel, and | gathered IN a large humber ci
orders. One Cay l went into the Dearborn
hank bgi.dins. snd walked into an Office
Behind the desk sat little old gentleman
vith Ev1y HAIR ard a face that was begin
nins 70 wrinkle up bit. over N correi
= we0e two young fellows sitting on hal
stools busy with piles O; papers. Papen
were scattered al over the floor. didn
know just what KIND oi an establishment q
vas. but the ola gentleman had kindly
T. look. and | approached him vlth a polite
A., sod NOR rs
Good morning. 81. he answered.
q I wondered II / could interest you Il
Bcurenuc's Life q Napoleon, said l.
'lu whatr
Iae Life q Napoleon Bonararte.
] am great aculrer q Nap. c,n. SAFE
Be, ard be drew up Ltte closer. W ho ~
you say % was by
T ~ DO was het
i. Napoleon secretary.
n "a yes- yes. yes 81 ce vas, % be sur'
Dlt WAX assurance nave s-at the "csS
senu'-e.
vas charmed with the old gentleman
manner, ana saw en- order within cas-
reacn- nasfenec O. reply 20 ms question
~, sir, 1 sad, you can have Oh
s-lne issuance az in tle case 81 hefn-on
Lie az Lincoln, Wnifh you know is %
- nost authentic work or thar suhlec,-
" nst was that you said. gasped -
o-o man
= 4 say, just a. herLdon's -l-i.e o. Ii
coin - ne only authentic wora 90 ta'
se1lect, 20 this Is tie most authentic lie
D. Nepo.eon
AJAX screamed me old gentleman.
u sl-i never ioTset now his manner change
a Iils iaee gre" "ni'e as sno" 10 January an
~ tNilcned rervous-y- lbs hngers were c.utc
q As a. 1e'ains' ana he Wa AIR. r--e {
ever Without a ~ora o. w7r-inr,
~ 1-Aie1 ~ iroiA rs eha-r lna tc-clra me
s'insrs u--" OF the Jaw. anl tNef o.l
eSAln- Nas amazed ana could oi-l sa'
q. c--- " nag % you mean a. seemed
AIl--le D-lA more --n ever Ale was juan
- ils up ana Gov Lac nre eneile hat-
IA N1lA- II- ne i-cr --cAt- % y -tl-e iro
70 MAKE ne t2inA Ae was ID a a.
IA zoo o-'Hlrlil- IA m an rar-r 80
a swusA- he vas goins lke that lc-.'
- away ln 1igl ia-setto. Ihen De- turne4 90
took package o. books had .aic down
the *, raised them above has head, 81
a tArev mem on The uoor As hard as be cou
o., breaking the boH and scattering the boo
IL over ne Aoor- Inen be took up sin;
a DOCK had been sno"lns am and dash
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