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Show TIIK HOOK KiKM'N aEW WAY. - UKr.KACIIKi Til V.l AKUI.lt TllUot'UII I I'KIOnITV ON A VWt-KI.. No, we don't wantiuthiit'! UP, or I'll call the dora!" TImtb ar the words tliat will tut down til-I til-I book agent's night mare.''' Had dreams! Here, as he Ionsks on his iiucotiiforutuh-coueh. he res ISrid-t ISrid-t get, nf lii" nulHiru toeks, starinx from tho half-ojien or tut as she lioldsa kittk-ot Isnliiig water in u thrvatenins attiluue. He turns - over in Ins l-ed to tire, but there . nun aud savage dug cunfrui.t Inni ' Ttie man burls a lut agiinst tlie agei.t's tender shins -.ud urges on the dog. The lax vendor staggers toward an nirith.g foiici-, and Just as he craw Is up to a pUce of safety lu feels Ihe lut l-rca'll el ' the .iogas the trut pr.pires to sink - his tettli into tho agent's m-ck; but they never sink. 7ii. azeut ieua . hlrteye, stares around tho oozy room, and cxvlnhm, 'Only a dteain!" In the agent's hmg I!-i uf rsav rk-nces the I'ridir.'t. man, elub and dog are real, nud it has been tiie Ini-Iih of the agent's profession to It-ini llm ImbtU, (leclilisntic- and dl-positlon bt the-e niitagunistic sulji-ets, and, if jaraible, eJucau-them eJucau-them toappr-.ciatetlH look aenU' iudu-4r. 1!ihU agents follaw the motto. "When everything tlse faits, try j curiosity," and it usually wins. An old farmer wiuth of Hits city, who has t bro' 11 book agents w tlie feui-e, allowed his euriostty to lead him down to the gate t see a bicycle go by. Just as the young gentleman came up to the gate tsjtuethiiig went wmug with the wheel, and he stopped b fix it, Tlse okl farmer kin lly otPred his aid, and the wily agent slipped a book into the victim's land to hold till the whe"! w fixed. The conversation conver-sation turned from the bicycle to the book, and the former wan repaired ' about the time tho old fanner was j ready to sulwribe for two of the latter. When the name was well . in-s-rilml ami the blcyelUt ont ol I hearing tlu- obi fanner scratched , ids I lead in a rat hi r daz-si way and said: "I'll ls dinged if that aint ' a book agtn.'' IndianojYjtU AV.cs. |
