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Show Kornhardt'it Literary V andalism. New York Commercial Advertiser. "I remember,"9itid my bookish friend with a laugh, "it funny thing which Saruh Hernhardt did in our store when she was last here, She dropped in one morning ul of course kjl were exceed-iuglv exceed-iuglv iinxioiis to wait upon her. Finally it resolved itself as iiiy duly nod I soli! her (tiite a bill of books-. J showed Ihc (ireat Hi-tress bvery ill tentioii, and she seemed pleased. Just as sli was roIii out she reacliod for my, pencil and asked me soniethiiig i" French w hich I did not undcHlaiid. ' Sec i Aft that I did not catch he!' meaning she looked all amiind 011 the counters, but apparently did not see what she w Hilled. I hen quick as a Hash, before I could comprehend compre-hend her aim, she took up a volume ol one of the verv best sets of iseott in the store. Iionu I 'in tree, calf op.-n ed it to the bastaru uages. wrote somcihiiiff on it calmly tire owl the leaf, handed it back to me, smilo.l and went out. Oil looking lit the leaf, she had written on it a pass for two to her performance that evenini. Hut she did it at the cost of nearly ruining one of our best sets of books in the store." |