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Show Held In Reserve. ' The thriftiness of a London shop- j keeper is illustrated in a story told j of a dry goods dealer. The merchant i in question possessed a" very excitable ' temperament, and on hearing his assistant as-sistant say to a lady customer, "No, ' we have not had any for a long time," j unable to countenance such an admission ad-mission he turned to the lady, fixed I his eyes on his assistant, and said: "We have plenty in reserve, madam plenty upstairs." The lady looked thundertruck, and then the assistant informed his master that his reply was to her remark: "We have not had any rain lately." |