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Show HIS 8MOOTH TALK WASTED. I Book Agent's Wiles Lost on tho Strong-Eyed Woman. B Tho sad-faced young .man knocked timidly at tho door of tho houso, and H presently It was openod by a woman I with n stony eye. "I I bog your pardon," said th H sad-faced young man in confusion. "I fl soo I hnvo mado a slight mistake. As H a matter ot fact, I have hero a most romarkablo work on 'How to Become H Beautiful and Remain So.' It's price- jfl Is $1, nnd But I can seo, madam, I that such a work would bo useless to- H you who havo the socrot already. Per- hops, however, tncro may be another jfl ct your sox In this houso to whom the SrfflVi priceless book would bo of value?" , 'K "Yes," said she of the stony eye; H "thcro Is." fl And she disappeared. M In a few moments sho returned, aatf 9 with her camo a fifty-pound bulldog, with bay-window teeth. 1 The sad-oyer young mnn slid down 1 thoso steps llko a thunderbolt In strict I training, and as ho flow ho hoard the- B volco of tho stony-faced woman: I "This Is tho only ono In this house 1 your book's nny good to. Noxt tl you como, talk to her, and don't try blathcrskltlng mo. I'm too tough!" |