The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-12-22

waistcoat pocket lie dropped his
sample case beside the stove and
pumped down in the chair. to the peril
of it's eXiStrure. II don't make this
town very often" he pursued while
Duncan studied his card. 'Suthern x
Lee are the uniy people | sell to here.
but never MISS II chance To chin
awhile win old sam So having half
an hour before uuu time. thought
I'd drop n
mir Graham doesn't order from
your house. Them"
hey"
Il don't know. I've just come here
He'll he sorry to have missed you
though He's Just stepped ont to wire
your house gather from he fact that
IT'S in Elmiru; he mentioned that town
not the firm name-f for some sirups."
You dun1 mean IT," Sperry gasped.
"What's struck him all of a sudden! /!
He ain't put In any new stock for ten
years. | reckon"
well. you see" Duncan explained
artfully, "Ivc persuaded him in a way
to try to make something out OF tho
business here We're going to de
what we can, of course, in n small way
at FIRST"
Spcrry waggcd dubious head. IL
dunno" he considered SANS a nice
old dufler, hut he amt got no business
sense aud never had You can see for
yourself how he's let everything run TO
seed here. Sothern ~ Lee took all his
trade years ago"
"Yes. ! know That's why he needs
me-" said Duncan brazeny. In his
soul he remarked "Oh. Lordw In
tone of awe His colossal lmpudence
dazed even himself. But don't you
think he could get back some OF the
trade II the store was stocked upY'
mo doubt about that at ALL" Sperry
averred; he'd get the biggest part OF
IT,"
"You think so?"
"Sure OF H. You see. everybody
round here likes Sam. and Sothern &
Lee have always been outsiders. They
would swing to this shop In minute
just on account OF that Fact is. ]
wasted lot of talk on our firm q
couple OF years ago trying to make our
people give him some credit. but they
couldn't see IL. He owed them a bill
then that was so old II had grown
whiskers."
"And still owes II, presumeT
"You bet he still owes II. Always
will. It's so small that II amt worth
while suing for
Look here. Mr.. Sperry. how much is
this bill with the whiskers?"
About $50. | think" said the travel
ing man. fumbling for his wallet. I'm
supposed to ask for payment every
always have 1t with me. but | haven't
had the heart to say word to Sam
for a good long time. Here 1t is"
Duncan studied carefully the memo
randum: '"ro Mdse. as per bill rem
dered. $47.S5." 81 wonder"- he muir
INJURED.
"Eh?" said Sperry,
81 was wondering. Suppose you were
to tell your people that there's young
fellow here who'd like to give this
store a boom. Say he wants a little
credit because-because Mr.. Graham
won't let him put In any cash
mot bit OF USE" Sperry negatived.
81 would myself. but the house-no."
"But suppose | pay this bilr-
"Pay II? You really mean thatr'
Certainly | mean IT," Duncan pro-
duced the wad Of bills which Kellogg
had furnished him the night before
his departure from New York. Thus
far he had broken only one Of the 5000
gold certificates. and OF that one he
had the greater part left Living is
anything but expensive in Radville.
"Pm beginning to understand that
was cut out for an actor" he told him
self as he thumbed the roll with a
serious air and an assumed indiffer-
ence, which permitted Sperry to esti-
mate its size pretty accurately.
"Thats quite stack of chips you're
carrying" Sperry observed.
Duncan's hand airily waited the re-
mark into the limbo of the negligible.
"a tribe mere trife." he said casu-
ally. II don't generally carry much
cash about me. Haven't for five
years." ne added irrepressibly. He ex-
tracted a flfty dollar certificate from
the sheaf ana hande,ekt over. "l'll
take receipt, but you needn't mention
this to Mr.. Graham just now."
"No. certainly not" Sperry scrawlet
his signature to the bill.
~And about that line OF creditr
(To be continued.)