The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-11

! l Cdu get Idu WHAT pdlu lOT lneui,
to say nothing of interest on the in
vestment, I'll be luokier than I've been
| for two years"
The volumes that Mr.. Boggerly de-
! cided were old stock we're very nu-
merous. A half hours work revealed
one hundred and seventeen OF them.
Pulling out a drawer, MIR Boggerly
drew forth a pamphlet entitled The
Rules and Regulations of the Biblio-
phile's Library" Rubber stamped in
one corner was the further caption
Branch number fourteen, located at
Baldwin, Ohio"
Turning to the firth page. Boggerly
laid clean finger on article 7, clause
2.
1T shall also be understood that any
subscriber shall be entitled to any
book, selling under ten dollars, If I'm
print, and that said book is not in the
branch library, that the librarian will
procure it, in town il possible If not
to be found. the book is to be ordered
from the publishers of the Main lib
rary, Immediately, order 20 be sent
by telegram, and book returned by
special delivery il requested The
Bibliophile's Library aims to please
its customers, regardless of expense"
II wonder II It could be worked"
thought Boggerly. Guess there is no
harm in trying anyhow"
The bookseller arose and taking
note book and fountain pen, he made
a list Of the one hundred and seven
teen books he had previously decided
were undesirable stock. Having done
so, he turned out the lights and locked
the door
One week later, Mr.. Priugle, local
Librarian of the Bibliophile's Library,
same into Boggerly's store
Good morning" he said, noting the
slimness of trade and giving a look
as though to say, this is my work"
What can / do for you today?"
questioned Mr.. Boggerly.
"I've list here of some books that
subscribers want. don't suppose you
have many, but look it over and see."
Boggerly chuclSled.
"Oh, yes, we have 'Pettibone's Cricl-
ct Book Here Il is. Sorry we haven't
'Redway's Quaint Epitaphs," but the
next one here, Harris Expedition TO
the Fiji Islands, we have. It's $3.50
net. give you ten off. The next three
we are out of, but The Exploits OF
Rag Peddler' and 'Robby, the News
boy We have.
And so on down the list went MIR.
Boggerly. The total netted him $50
for sixteen books.
That's only a starter" he com
mented to himself as he receipted The
bill and sent the cash in TO ehe desk
All day and the next day, orders for
single books came dribbling in, and
the orders were always filed
The third day, Mr. Pringle came in
with another big list. OF the lot Bog
gerly sold him seventeen, all old stock
and all at good profit-and he had
been willing to sell them for half cost
Thus things went for several weeks
and the cloud began to fade from me
booksellers brow. He had pretty well
cleaned out his bad stock-anl every
bool, store has an accumulation OF it
and he bad received a big price for 1t.
The next day Mr.. Pringle came in as
mad as q halter
"Confound you, BOggerly, what in
the devil are you up to? Here Is a list
OF sixty or more books and | suppose
you'll have them all. believe you
have something to do with the people
wanting the very books you're aching
to get rid of, but I'm hanged II see
how"
so Pringle, that's easy You come
in here and try to take away my busl-
ness. | make It pretty expensive work.
Lots OF my friends are in your library.
| get them in here and get them inter-
ested in certain books They say they
will not buy. | suggest that they make
you get them. They do So | sell the
books for a good price You please
your customers. Where have you got
a kick coming?"
Give me what you've got" said
Pringle disgustedly
The bookseller sold forty-three.
They came to $51.22.
Not bad" muttered Boggerly to
himself.
Next fall, a book auction opened in
Cleveland A big array Of odds and
ends were piled in the window,
marked:
$500 and $3.50 books today only
14c."
Among them was "The Exploits OF
a Rag Peddler Ward McCauley.
Edgar Selwyn, in pierre of the
Plains tells a good one of two dark
les sprawling in the sunshine, on a