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Show Victim of Book Agent Senator W. A. Clark detests nothing moro than to bo Interrupted when busy. Ono dny ho wns in his olllco engaged in a business conversation W'hon a petlto woman carrying n hlnclc bag entered. With a compelling smile and an Insinuating manner she approached ap-proached tho surly millionaire. Utterly Ut-terly lnsenslblo to his repellent mood and indifferent to his abrupt manner, sho drow from tho depths of tho bag n handsomely bound volumo, tho merits and beuutles of which sho began be-gan to eloquently descant upon. Falling to embarrass her with nre-tic nre-tic rigidity nnd Impatient at her per-Blstonco per-Blstonco under rebuffs nil hut vulgar ho turned suddenly upon tho chattering chatter-ing woman nnd asked: "Madame, do you know what my tlmo Is worth?" Sho confessed it was n conundrum. "Well," ho said, petulantly, "It's worth $30 un hour!" Ho turned away with tho nlr of ono who had settled tho matter definitely beyond an -urthor controversy. But ho didn't know tho woman. "Oh, I'm so grateful to you, Mr. Clark," sho lepllcd with n tono ot pathos In her voice. "Thirty dollars nn hour, did you say?" "Yes; that's what I said, and It's cheap at that," and ho smiled cynically. cynic-ally. "Oh, I know It Is dirt cheap," sho chirruped with wlusomo bllthenoss. "I nm so glad you told mo" rummaging rum-maging In her retlculo, from which sho quickly fished nut n purso gorged with currency. Moving near to tho astonished millionaire, who now ro-garded ro-garded her movement!, with unfeigned curiosity, sho counted two bills, a ten and a five, off the roll. Theso she pushed along tho top ot tho sloping desk toward him and said: "Yes, I'm glad you told mo, hecnuso I hadn't oxpected to get It so cheap. Thoro Is JIG. Now, I want n half hour of your uninterrupted attention whllo I talk to you about this book." Clark pushed back tho money nnd subscribed and paid for two copies of tno book. Pittsburg Dispatch. |