Show franklin Frankl itu as a bookseller the following story told of franklins mode of treating za the tha animal called in those days loungers 1 is worth putting into practice occasionally even in this ave age n and generation one fine morning when franklin was waa busy preparing his newspaper for the press a lounger stepped into the store fand nd spent an hour or more looking over the books ac and finally taking one 7 in in his hid hand asked the the price 14 j one dollar 1 was the akler one dollar dol lir 1 said the Ft fanger cant you take less thin thit that no indeed one dollar is the price 31 another hour had nearly passed when the lounger loung ger Is mr franklin at homet home yes he is in the prin printing ding office 1 1 I want to see him said said the loun lounger louemer mer the immediately informed informed I 1 lin that a gentleman was in the store waiting to see him franklin was soon behind the counter when the lounger with book in hand band addressed him thus mr franklin what is the lowest you can take for this book one dollar and a quarter was the ready answer I 1 one dollar and a quarter why your young I 1 man only asked a doll dollar tr I 1 true said franklin Frank lini and I 1 could have better afforded to have taken a dollar then than to have been taken out of the office the lonnier seemed surprised sed and wishing to end the parley of his own in making aking said come mr franklin tell me what is the lowest you can take for it V one dollar and ft a half I 1 A dollar land and a half 1 why you offered it yourself for a dollar and a quarter yes said franklin land and I 1 lind better have bave taken that price then than a dollar and a half I 1 now the lounger paid daid down the price and went about his business if he had any and franklin I 1 returned into the printing office 1 1 |