Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-08

apiece all round. He grabbed Bob as
he was passin an said. Say. don't
you think yon went too steep on that
load? Bob was purity red. anyway
from lifting at the coops-he was so
anxious to get 'em in his shebang
he got ledder. hut he pulled the side
O. his face down an looked to see that
, the feller couldn't hear, an said: 'Sh.
I've got en- already sold in Atlanta at
20 cents apiece. an that galoot's go;n'
to take his pay in coffee at Is cents Il
pound-coffee that cost 10 in New Or
leans. You see whar l come in, don;
your
"'You better 70 1t sorter slow at The
start Lib said. but he was simply
! ticklcd TO death. I'll swear 1t was fun
to watch i'm He'd rather see tina,
boy learn how to handle money than
fer i'm to be elected governor O this
state''
Old Hanks seldom left bis home after
supper. bat that evening he dropped
in at Hillyer's, finding the merchant
and bis wife before cheerful fire in
! the sitting room. He came in awk-
wardly. but his self possession was
thing he always had with him. Ken
ner had once said that Hanks could sell
scrap iron in pigeon tailed coat and
white vest and never realize the odd
ity of his appearance. His brogan
shoes We're united, as if he had started
20 go to bed and changed his mind.
II see Bob's got that store to goin'.
he said dryly. "Pve been sorter watch
in i'm today l hardly know what to
make of i'm"
Hillyer looked knowingly at his smil-
ing wife and replied:
so he's got opened up, has he?"
Opened up? ! reckon he has; tuck
IN ninety odd dollars today, an the
Lord only knows what profit he'll av
erage l don't reckon Bob does. from
what l observed, though he amt losin
so fur
"Oh. he'll hold Sandford's trade.
said Hillyer. You kin count on that
We'll, l reckon he will" said Mrs
Hillyer. I've changed my account to
him from Waters Il Co. An why
shouldn't l? Do you reckon I'm noi
goin' to encourage rail enterprise.
Jest the minute he told me he was
a-goin' to run a free delivery wagon
to take orders an deliver goods twic:'
day put my name down. The ids.
o them old fogies waitin' for young
Bob Hanks TO start free delivery.
Why the minute told Mrs Dugan
about it she mighty nigh had a spasm.
she was so glad. l seed her g'in jest
before supper. She'd been down an
ordered whole raft O. stuff she DIDN'T
need jest to see 'em come up like thar
do in cities. She's been Irampin from
one end o town to tOther tellin' folks
they won't have to make a step either
way to git what they want fer the Ia
BILE Bob's boy II call the first thing
in the morniu an write down what's
wanted. an up the stuff comes He's
got some little-have you seed them
little books he's givin' away fer body
to write orders in? Oh. you have:
We'll. it's a powerful good idea. No
body kin dispute Their account when
It's writ IL Their own handwritin Mr..
Hanks. as shore as yore a-sattin' thar,
Foh's goin' to succecd'
Hanks looked 1t the fire His eve,
usually Il 0e"u thing. held a twinkle.
OF MAS il Oily li" reflection of the
4: Mes in the chin ncy?
II sOrter like his start" he admitted
Il WIS always :;fealt. O influence
O. thai t"if!n set O Eo;s be Was runnin'
with tut today Eill Rogle--ibe wust
of the lot-drawed up chair in front
o. the door Whar Sandford used to set
an whittle an started to take Il seat
but. bless you, Bob called i'm 10 taw-
told i'm he wasn't agoin' to have his
friends settin round the front o the
store that way-said it didn't look
businesslike. an he was goin' to start
right an sorter hew to the line. Then.
ag'in one o the clerks that Sanford
used to let do purity much as he liked
was startin' to light cigar behind the
show case. an Bob yanked i'm up too.
'Cayn't have no smokin' in the house.
Jim he said politely. We sell fire
crackers an gunpowder. an have to be
careful. Besides. it don't look right
durin' business hours. an eff we was to
ketch fire an burn out we'd want to
collect our insurance without bein ac-
cused O. carelesSness'
YES" Hillyer said. his amused glance
on the face of his wife. 81 believe Bob's
goin to do all right. My daddy used
20 think | was dead lazy beca'se
didn't like to chop sprouts in the mid
die O. August as well as l did to play
ball twice rs hard but the sprouts was
his fun an the hall game mine. This
here's Robs fun. an the only way to
amount to hill O beans is to enjoy
what yo're at You think yore model
business man, Hanks. but thars a.
much fun at the job you have az
playin, poiler with a full hand. iouN
go to steep seilin supplies on time ft'
anybody but yoreself. but yo're wide
awake as it is. The truth is. you n"Ve'