| Show sharp practice A Mode lBook peddler a dier dont you want to buy the life of to day mister nister hilst bilat cr said a determined detert nind looking book peddler who yesterday yest yeat erday entered or sanctum tim lim with a gutta percha traveling bag in hib bib hand band a and a rather powerful odor of whiskey on his bis breath no not to day wa wae our bland reply rather too busy to speculate in theological literature at present better look at the book p anyhow ye chuck full of pictures es sermon on Me done up tip first rate R eglian jam up book that is writ the hull huli myself did by thun thunder der dei no weve an abundant supply of works on divinity davini y but stranger stra dg er this thi s airs su euthin thine new we rather gueli guels guess th that atthe the bible and josephus contain about the glit gist of your compilation dont they jo se chust who in thunders he 2 no stranger out there I 1 tell yeou aou theres things in this ere boo rook took k by ring bring yeou out ot or the gall of bitterness and the bonds of i equity theres things in that book that Josep hust bust never beard heard tell on it was no use however we declined pur cb chasin asin asih and the yankee at length bowed himself himsel tout fout out oui A moment afterwards be reappeared say mister hilster bought yeou know mr sir kir fl P neit next doory we intimated that such was the fact well kin you tell me what religion ligion xe je he belongs tew few some say belsa hes a methodist so anti and so calls him a and another feller says he hankers arter the mor dior mons pd id like to krow ki ow what he be does belona belon tew 23 why do you ou inquire we asked wall I 1 lont dont mind telling yeou yeou see I 1 generally gine raily rily dind find bout what church a man belongs tew before I 1 try to beit beil bun bam aa 00 boohr oo men ben I 1 always let on that tha t I 1 belong to tha the th same saine chuch chu ch cb ant and that generally takes that does it if I 1 know what church a man jines ines with I 1 never miss fire selling bellin under buch such uc cir clr um well did you make inquiries concerning our religious us tenets stranger I 1 did you can bet high on it not very successfully it would appear or you have it t sold us a book wall no but if you can tell me ahat church mr lur P b belongs elong tew dew just aa well 21 you cant sell hm him a book its no use making the effort stranger ill ini ret het you a hat on it weil well mr air P is a now try him about an hour afterwards we ente entered red Ps astor torp he was walking up and down using language rather more emphatic than or ordinary dinay custom requires not apparently laddle ed to any person in particular the matter P V we inquired why uby a chap came in here to sell the lire lite of christ chrisey said sald lie he wad wag was a cousin of professor bush I 1 he divine and a enborg ian bim himself self seif sid he had just sold my birther dick a copy and that dick sent him 11 I 1 I 1 to me rne I 1 and so yeu yen bought one besand Ye sand diek diew was here hem just now mow and says he never saw the tha noan inan lles iles iles lies a confounded rascal raial and the book acut worth a cent when P went homet home that hat night th first ob met mel inethia bli eyewash the lire life of 0 christ J lying lyias on the table I 1 my illy dear said the lady thata a very tra trashy shy affair you sen sent t home like it ilat at all its anything but orthodox P Ps a wife is a strict baptist you dont mean to gay aay that youve been buying one too said P producing a his bis own copy I 1 why a person called here today to day saying b he e was a member of the street church that you sent the book as a compliment to me I 1 and so th ee dollars for ill P stayed to hear bear no more he rushed out and the last we saw sav of him he was inquiring for a till peddler with dust colored hair and striped breeches book peddlers will do well to lo avoid mr dir P in their 9 as he vowed to immolate the first 0 e that darkens his door |
