The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-08-09
intendent, "this is a good idea. Ho
manv did Won have printed ?"

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many did you have printed :"
Thompson grew red. II didn't
have any printed" he replied in sur
prise. Leslie frowned, and called
his partner, who also professed ig-
norance. Breezy watched them from
behind the register, and then ventur-
ed forward.
81 printed them on my own press.
Here are 500 more
Leslie looked again at the card,
and then raised his eyebrows at
Thompson, who nodded in return,
seemingly signifying that this was
the clerk mentioned in some previous
conversation.
"You may hand in your bill for
them to the bookkeeper," said Leslie
evenly; land, Thompson, you may
have them properly distributed"
He was paid for his cards, and
there was also an extra dollar in his
weekly pay envelope that Saturday.
He promptly bought the best seat in
the theater.
They found him the next week in
the telephone booth, calling up sue
cessively from list of 100 residences.
"Is this Mrs. Jones" he would ask.
"Pardon me, Mrs. Jones; this is
Leslie's. We would like to sell you
some groceries," And then he would
enter into a conversation for an order.
The other people on the line were in
dignant, and the exchange told him
that he was not the only lung on the
line But in less than an hour Breezy
had hurry orders aggregating twenty
dollars, and Leslie himself closed
Thompson's mouth of wrath at ne
elected customers by word of COM
mendation.
The firms telephone trade had
never been worked up, and Breezy
printed announcements inviting Gus
toners to use the phone to send their
orders. A phone was placed behind
the fruit counter, and Breezy took
the orders. He did more. You're
going to bake, aren't you ?" he ask
ed of the housewives when they or
dered -four, lard, etc. 'Isn't your
baking powder all gone? Don't you
need some new pans? We've got a
splendid new pan here. Patented.
Only eight cents, too." And so on.
"Here, Mr.. Thompson" he called
to the superintendent as he passed
one day {; "who makes these sign
cards ?''
Tommy, the shipping clerk, re-
piled Thompson shortly.
II have just thought, said Breezy
refectively, 'that I might make a
nicer one for this counter. May
try one?'
eyes; but don't neglect your
counter 2"
Breezy had just received large
quantity of splendid figs that morn
ing, which were selling at really at
tractive price. But the firm had not
even given him price cards to put on
them, and had not mentioned them
in the newspaper ads. "How in
blazes do they expect to sell these 2"
he grumbled. Nobody knows any,
thing about them"
When, therefore, he had surprised
the busy shipping clerk by asking for
the card-marking tools, and had made
few simple price cards for other
goods, it occurred to him that he
might as well make a fig sign. 1t
was prettily lettered, and it read !:
"These figs are good, clean figs, and
you won't be able to buy them very
many days." The clerks leered at
him when he put it over his figs, re-
arranging the boxes artistically on the
counter. Thompson didn't happen
around any more that day, but in the
evening Breezy sought him out. The
figs were all gone.
"H'm," said the superintendent,
"you must have had an extra run on
figs today"
Over the new supply that lie re-
ceived the next morning, the clerks
read from another card "More
good, clean figs at this price. They
will only last through the day,
though" " 1t seemed as if everybody
that came into the store that day
bought figs. Thompson came to the
fruit counter out of curiosity, attract
ed by the crowd there, which Breezy
was waiting upon with satisfied and
dexterous alacrity. He elevated his
eyebrows at the sign.
"Who made that sign?" he asked,
when the crowd cleared away.
"Me," said Breezy, in a hustle at
the cash register.
"H'm, him." said the superinten-
dent, strolling off.
The next day it was raisins at a
bargain, and Breezy's sign said 1--WE
bought fifty boxes of these seedless
raisins, and we are going to sell them
at - cents pound until they are
all gone"
"How many boxes of those seed
less raisins went out today?" asked
Thompson that evening, looking sour
ly at the sign. "I'm afraid they
won't go very WE'LL"
Twenty-Five" answered Breezy.
"What p said Thompson, staring
over his spectacles.
Twenty-Five" repeated Breezy.
Him, hm," said the superinten-
dent, walking rapidly off,"
The other twenty-five went the
next day. Gould have sold more, /"
said Breezy.
HIN" said Thompson slowly ;
and after a minute: "Those signs
are neatly lettered."
Breezy was vigorously cleaning up.
"You may take off the dull hours, "
continued Thompson cautiously, "and
make the signs for the whole store.
Well get an assistant at your coun-
ter" Breezy was kicking some boxes
under his counter.
"D'ye hear?" said Thompson.