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Show A Good Business Man. A commercial traveler had taken a large order In Scotland for a consignment consign-ment of hardware and endeavored to press upon the canny Scottish muh-nicer muh-nicer who had given him the order a Christmas gift of a box of Havana cigars. ci-gars. "Xaw," he replied. "Inn't try to bribe a man. I cudna tisk them and I am a member of the kirk." "But will you not accept thera as a Christmas present?" "I cudna," said the Scot. "Well, then," said the traveler, "sun-riose "sun-riose I sell you the cigars for a merely nominal sum sny, sixpence?" "Weel, in that case," replied the Scot, "since you press me, and, not liking to refuse an offer weel meant, I think I'll bo taking two boxes." |