The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-26
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like that you're sellin' at all. And what | bothers me is why Daniel here was so plumb foolish as to go and buy a copy, | when he has got me right here handy to tell him all about everything. You was silly when you went and bought that book. Daniel"
 Well. S. Potts." said Daniel frankly. you couldn't expect nothin' else of me, could you?'
 NO, couldn't" admitted S. Potts. If there was a fool thing to do you would be right sure to go and do it, so I don t blame you much, but I do blame this here book agent. It amt right for him to sell you book that you don't need and can't afford. He ought to have thought of you having to support a big family"
 But you know I ain't got big fam fly" urged Daniel. T ain't got any fam | fly at all"
 | That's why' said S. Potts, triumph antly. ''If you had they could all chip in say nine children at ten cents month and it wouldn't come so hard on you to pay that dollar month And the chances are that some of them children would be !, out west or down east, or somewhere and they couldn't git around to hear me | give out information, and you could send the book to 'em, and git your moneys worth out of 1t that way. The more chill dren you had the more you would git out of the book. If you had nine children you could git five dollars worth out of 1t, and that is what 1t costs And if you had eight children you could git four dollars out of 1t; and three dollars out of it for seven, and two for six and one for five, and none for four; and If you had three children you would only lose one dollar, and if you had two you'd lose two, and and three for one; but you ain't got any children, so you lose four dollars by buyin' that book. And that Is only figgerin' that you might have had nine children. Mebby you might have had twenty. And then look what you would lose! You" he said to Eliph' Hewitt, ''dint treat Daniel fair. You ought to have give Daniel that book free and paid him five dollars for taking it. That's what you ought to have done. to make up for what he lost by not ever havin' got married nor had any children. But don't want to be hard on you. All l ask Is that you should take that book back and we'll call 1t even. We won't ask you to pay Daniel no damages Will we Daniel?'
 Nope" said Daniel sadly.
 After a sale is made" began Eldph' Hewlett. gently.
 You send the order in by telegraph don't you?' said s. Potts. And the book is already on the road. ain't 1t? We'll, that there volume of Cyclopedium is so cheap at the price that you ought to be ticlxled to death to get a copy. You go around and suffer every day because sel1in' that book at five dollars is like throwin' it away, and every time you sell one you suffer an extra suffer. So me and Daniel Is goin' to give you a chance to buy a copy and feel the joy them that buys copy feels I bet you ainit bought-a copy of that 'Cyclopedium' for long time, and you ought to have one. It'll do you good. And ain't goin' to force it on you, neither, but Daniel here only gifts paid about one-twenty a week in wages. and he can't afford to waste none of it buyin 'Cyclopediums. won't have it. He needs every cent of it, and if he's got to spend dollar month for that book until paid I'm goin' to cut off his pay and not give him cent for the next year or two. If he wants to pay out money for information he can pay it to me. I'm his Cyclopedium, and he don't need no other. Do you, Daniel? No, you don't"
 Eliph' Hewitt stroked his sandy gray side whiskers thoughtfully It was de- feat, and he realized 1t. He took large, white silver dollar from his pocket and put 1t in Daniels hands It repaid Daniel for the first payment. the s1 down. Then,