The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-05

By Charles N. creMdson.

VIII knock you once In awhile, began
The travelling salesman who sold
duck goods.
You know ! used to be sort OF
a general utility man IN my house.
They batted me around into almost
any territory they pleased for awhile
I knew one OF their men, down in
| Arkansas, who had an idea that It
was his moral duty to buy all the
booze and put his finger marks
| on every poker chip in the slate.
lie got to borrowing from Gus.
toners, SO 1t was up to me, all Of a
sudden, to finish his trip Good fellow,
! too he wasprince OF a ielow-but
/ a little too curious about making com
! biRations with the pasteboards lie
! had, however several very warm
friends. He got on toot in Little
Rock and sold an Of his samples to
kyke | didn't find this out until
went down there Then wired the
| house TO express me fresh line
You know our overall line is very
strong aud it looked nice and
fresh when spread il out and
was sure would land a good
| order went up 10 see our
old customer and, just as easy
as sliding down the bank OF an old
creek, he said Yes, sin III certainly
be very glad to come over at any time
You specify. made an appointment
for the afternoon. knowing that il
wouldn't do to hurry things down in
that country. | had heard everybody
who came into the old gentleman
store call him colonel-and | soon
tumbled to this At two o'clock went
over to the store and said Colonel
am at your service, sir Very well,
/ will so right along with you
Color Offended Colonel.
"As We walked over toward the
hotel, the cid gentleman was com
municatiye He talked in the aowery
language typical of the south When
he walked into the sample room.
though. his stream of honeyed words
at once ceased TO dow He pulled at |
his whiskers with one hand and |
flashed goose quill toothpick out Of |
his pocket with the other and stuck 1t !
in his teeth ! saw him come down on !
If rather hard with his jaws To jolly |
the old gentleman l-p a little | offered |
him n cigar No, thank YOU sun, said |
he | knew there was something
wrong-and sure enough, In just a
minute he turned on his heel and
started to walk out Still, he couldn't
leave the room without making an ex,
PLANTATION.
Look here sub said he, DO you
know suh that was cunl in the
confederate army, that Tor fob long
years followed sub, the Stars and |
Bars During All this time ! heard the
cannon roar and the minnie balls hiss
and my mon under me and myself !
drank coffee made out OF parched
sweet potatoes and often for weeks
at a me sub fed on mast the food
lf hogs cannot forget it sub Can't
forget a. man Ike me, who woh
he gray ana here YOU come and try
o sell me merchandise for my stoh
With jhe-e byah samples land with
his the old gentleman did walk out
"You know, the boy who looked
fteI hat department up in the house
rad Sent NE samples Of blue over
Ills, Instead Of gray ! went no and
alher squared things with the old
as best / could, but that
lay, vue's you're born, Went away
rom that town skunEed Z
u was tIobpcd last season on a
llghty good count too-oyer in KAN
as, commented the boy s-andchil-
rcn'7 clothing man i had been sell
NJ my man There for three or four
ears jUsf about u months ago now.
'hcn ! wac there. after ] had taken
ly order ana The proprietor himself
ad returned TO the store. leaving his
'Wer 20 walt aud bring along the
opy, tho buyer picked ont a suii for q
is li'Ie boy put ID on the bin and
Instructed the house 70 send ont The
Iit complimentary You know there ! p
re q great many buyers and busiuc
zen them elves even. who rather esq O
act Chat sort OF thing but youll never ,
l'ch me doing trick ol that kind a
gain When J came around ,ni sea- p
Jn. the Old man was red headed he O
id mo ho didn't like 90 have. ANYTHING