Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . replaced from some other table, and thehandle to the drawer new, and the frontof the drawer replaced from anotherdrawer and blocks set in the legs toconceal the place where a shelf used tobe, and all that,~you probably have runacross them—that table is not an antiqueany more than a building built of oldsecond-hand lumber. That table, tome, is like the beautiful Smith collegegirl photograph I once heard of Itwas a composite, and into it, enteredthe skeleton grind as well as the fairone who just keeps her standing highenough to allow her to
Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . replaced from some other table, and thehandle to the drawer new, and the frontof the drawer replaced from anotherdrawer and blocks set in the legs toconceal the place where a shelf used tobe, and all that,~you probably have runacross them—that table is not an antiqueany more than a building built of oldsecond-hand lumber. That table, tome, is like the beautiful Smith collegegirl photograph I once heard of Itwas a composite, and into it, enteredthe skeleton grind as well as the fairone who just keeps her standing highenough to allow her to be an see, the table or picture, which-ever you will, is a conglomeration ofparts that parade around under a pleas-ant name. It would not be advisableto inquire into the history of the table-117-. any more than to go to Smith to seethat girl. Then, there is another thing one mustadopt in an antique store. You mustnot lie to the man, for if you do, he willbe a better Ananias than you. Do nottell him you can get a table for a dollarless than that—he knows for how muchyou can get one. Do not edge aroundand go out—he can tell, by the wayyou do it, if you are coming back the man as you would any otherstore keeper, do not try and find outhow much profit he is making, take itfor granted he is getting a profit bigenough to pay his fashionable-streetrent and to give him a few of the dain-ties of life. Down in the city, on one of the carstreets there used to live a man to-118-
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