Evening journal., 1899-01-27


isters at.the county seat whenever he
gets good order. A man might almost
as well be in politics. Once in awhile,
though, he finds one OF natures un-
spoiled children. with an inch thick of
cream on the milk OF human kindness
--as l did on Thanksgiving"
ut was good liquor, was it?' asked
the cashier.
The drummer looked at him scorn-
fully. That's your idea Of O good sa-
maritan," he said; somebody who will
Undertake to fill your slVln with rum.
This man I'm talking about was going
around doing people good-shedding
bright sunshine into darkened lives
rs freely as a NANCY dog does hair and
setting an example TO the community.
He isn't rated above X but that kind
Of man doesn't get rich. He isn't
built like you.
Il 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 to
hold out on his wages. either. / saw
that he was getting ready to 90 TO din
ner, too. and 1 told him that l hated
to disturb him and all that sort of
thing, and he just smiled as cordially
as though l had been his long-lcst
/ brother, and looked over Iay samples as
patiently as q mother of six at the
county agents. Then he sat down and
strung me off nice little order
81 sort Of battered myself hat it was
my winning way that was doing it at.
first, but l changed my mind by the
time 1 got through with him. l don't
believe he wanted those goods any
more than a 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 1t
pretty hard. He had some kind of
preparation to take grease and stains
out of clothes, and he wanted TO operate
on the storekeeper's coat 10 show him
how it worked He didn't have to.
"'TnlSe box? Why certainly I'll
take a box says the storekeeper. Ger
tsinly 1 will, my friend. It's just what
I've been needing; only haven't time
to use it now. just rub 1t on, do you?
Does it matter whether you use a wool
or cotton cloth? Doesn't, eh? How
much is it?'
Twenty-Five cents says the ped
dler, and wish you hardened wretches
could have seen the poor devils face
lightup. Itwould have done you good. II
made me glow all through my inside
just as IL II had been a skillfully con-
cocted cocktail. and l had a good no
tion to buy box of the stuff myself
That's cheap enough says the
storekeeper. giving him a 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 il with his back turned to You
As soon as he had gone / 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, i don't advertise for them, but
most always buy when they com,
around. I figure out that when a MAJ
. goes about selling a thing that retail
for 25 cents it's more than likely tha
he's hard up, and that e5 cents is
whole lot of money TO him. It's to hi
! credit that he does it, because 1 dom
2 believe it's the pleassntest or easies
kind Of work. Then / make il woTl
, more than one way. Now that littl
? investment was so cents. Are you 90
ing up TO the hotel? All right let's e.
e and IN show you sometGng else
e "He put the boxes OF the cleaning
mixture in his pocket and we startc,
D out. About two blocks down the stree
o he stopped and opened the door Of
p little tailor shop and walked in, and
followed him. It was one Of the poor
D. est, barest-lookiug places you ever saw
. There wasn't anything in it but som
o big shears and smoothing iron an
e one or two scanty rolls Of cloth, an
the tailor himself looked half starved
j caught sight Of little girl about fou
D years old breaking for the liying-room
= back Of the little shop as we wentin.
d don't believe the poor little thing ha
e anything on but thin calico slip, an
i her little bare legs were blue with tn
cold.
II "'Well, Hans said the storekeepe
{. cheerily, 'how's everything?
j. Poorly bad said the tailor. Their
a vas no peezness at all no more
a "'Well, there's better times coming
says the storekeeper. Here's SOM
n thing I've brought you. It's grea'
IS and stain remover-takes any kind {
Ie grease spot or stain out of cloth il
Ie simultaneously. There's couple (
D. boxes. and if it turns out all right
D. think we can manage to get you son
y more
II "Well. wish you could have see
q. the tears of gratitude on the poi
taiior's face. The storekeeper tried
a get away, but the tailor insisted {
le calling in his wife and children 10 ts
K. them what he had done for them, al
e then the whole family hung to him al
chilled down blessings on his head A