Show victim of book agent senator W A dark detests nothing more than to be interrupted when busy one day he was in his office engaged in a business conversation when a petite woman carrying a black has entered with a compelling smile and insinuating manner she ap preached the surly millionaire ut terly insensible to bis repellent mood and indifferent to his abrupt manner she drew from the depths of the bag a handsomely bound volume the ments and beauties of which she be ean to eloquently descant upon failing to embarrass her with arctic rigidity and impatient at her per nce under rebuffs all but vulgar he suddenly upon the chatter ing woman and asked madame do you know what my time she confessed it was a conundrum well he said petulantly its worth 30 hour he turned away with the air of one who had settled the matter definitely belond any further controversy but he dian didn t know the woman oh I 1 m so grateful to you clr dark she replied with a tone ot pathos in her voice thirty dollars an hour did you saya yes ibets what I 1 said and its cheap at that and he smile cynically oh I 1 know it Is dirt cheap she chirruped with winsome blitheness I 1 am so glad you told me rum caging maging in her reticule from which she quickly fished out a purse gorged with currency moving near to the astonished millionaire who now re carded her movements with unfeigned curiosity she counted two bills a ten r and a five off the roll these she pushed along the top of the sloping desk toward him and said yes I 1 m glad you told me because I 1 haan hadn t expected to get it so cheap there Is 15 now I 1 want a halt hour of your uninterrupted attention while I 1 talk to you about this book dark pushed bad the money and subscribed and paid tor two copies of ane book pittsburg dispatch |