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Show Onco thcro wnn n skeptic. A skeptic skep-tic is ono who declares ho knows nothing about unj thing, nnd becomcH ery nngry when you agree with him. This nkcptlc did not bellevo thcro wero any natural blonds. Ho wns so doubtful about everything that ho would even put mucllngo on the backs of poBtugo stnmps. TIiIb skeptic wns also u merchant. Ho also did not bellevo be-llevo In advertising. It happened that at one time ho needed n night-watchman. night-watchman. Ho uupposcd rcllnblo nlght-wntchmeii woro plentiful. As a matter of fuel they aro rarer than dividends. None of the mercliuiits ac-(liinlntanccH ac-(liinlntanccH professed nny niixletyMo nssumo the plnce, no ho wait forced to advertise In tho "wanl" column of n local noWBpuper that ho needed n nlght-wntchmnn. He did not bo-llevo bo-llevo this ndvertlscment would bring desired results. Ho wns right. Hut tho following morning ho found Hint his 'store had been burgarllzed thrco tltncH during the night. "Surley," ho reflected, "R burglara aro responding respond-ing bo readily to advertising, pcrhnps the law-obldlng clnss nro lntlucnccd by It. Henceforth 1 shnll udvertlso my wnres." |