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Show HIS HOPES WERE DLIOHTED. Ills IIK llook lllilnt llrtp lllm to del III I of Tit "I ve gono back lo my drat love, the great 'Celebrated Compondlum of Unt-ersal Unt-ersal Knowledge' bound In calf and aold at a prlco within the reach of all," i said tho book agent with a tlgh "The other day the head member of a firm 9 that I am proud to represent called 11 mo Into hla private office and showed :B ma a book on doga, telling how to B tako care of them what to feed, what 9 to do for the mange, how to tell a mas- H lift from a pug, how to handlo a mad B dog In fact It was a regular dog en- V cc!opcd!n, bound In cloth nnd sold at I a popular price Tho moment I set B eyes on that book I saw great possibilities possi-bilities In It I knew from bitter experience ex-perience that nearly ctcry ono kept a dog, nn I no tnntter what kind ot a croas-cyed purp It might bo Ihe owner couldn't bo convinced that his own particular dog wain t thn tlnest dog on earth I mado up my mind that thero waa a fortune In tho salts of that book, nnd 1 secured tho'exclusho right to this city hi foro I left the office Cautioning Cau-tioning tho head member of tho Arm to keep tho presses going so thero would bo no possible chnnco of n short-c,t' short-c,t' I startid out to place tho great work before tho public Tho first housa that I struck my hopes rcceUcd a sudden chill I waa no sooner In the )ard than a big dog camo tearing; around tho corner of tho houso ami mado for me There was only ono thing to do and I did It I mado for a trco that wnt near nnd managed to get out of thn way before tho bcatt nr-rled nr-rled Aa he showed no dctlro to leae, I jelled for help A man camo to tho door nnd after calmly looking Iho situation over asked what I w anted 'I am selling a work on dogs,' I said rather nenklj from my position In tho tree 'It tells how to euro tho mange what to feed, what to 'Well ' said he, cutting In, 'oxpliln It to Tlge and If ha cares anything about It I'll buy It ' With that ho went Inside nnd shut tho door Kor two mortnl hours that mlserabto cur sat under the trco nnd licked his chops. Then tho owner camo to tho door again and sold It was tlmo that Tlgo had his dinner nnd that I could finish explaining tho book to lilin after ho got through If ho hadn't called that dog away Just as ho did Tlgo would hao had his dinner right under tho tree, and tho firm would havo been short ono book ngent As far as I am concerned every cussed dog tn this city may dlo of tht mango In fact, 1 hopo they will!" Detroit Freo Prcas. |
