The Kodak Salesman . to leave the list and callfor the goods on my way back. Among other sundry bad habitsT have acquired, or had thrust uponme, is the one of smoking ciga-rettes, so I inquired for my favor-ite brand. (Less expensive thanthe one found in all the bestclubs.) In response to my query, thehaughty lady behind the counterreplied, Havent got em, and Tcould feel the frost congealiug myvery soul; in fact, I was so dazedthat I walked out with the long listmy wife gave me, and entered an-other store a block down the street. ^I hesitated, fearing anotherfrost would prove fatal, but finall
The Kodak Salesman . to leave the list and callfor the goods on my way back. Among other sundry bad habitsT have acquired, or had thrust uponme, is the one of smoking ciga-rettes, so I inquired for my favor-ite brand. (Less expensive thanthe one found in all the bestclubs.) In response to my query, thehaughty lady behind the counterreplied, Havent got em, and Tcould feel the frost congealiug myvery soul; in fact, I was so dazedthat I walked out with the long listmy wife gave me, and entered an-other store a block down the street. ^I hesitated, fearing anotherfrost would prove fatal, but finally-summoned up courage enough toask for a package of , we got em, big sellers, too,and across the counter came thepackage accompanied by an expan-sive smile. I left the list my wife gave mewith the owner of the smile. The other Saturday afternoonthere happened to be some young-sters visiting mine, so I took thewhole bunch over to a near-byamusement park to spend a fewnickels and dimes on the merry-go- 8. round and the other incidental ju-venile diversions. As we reached the ticket win-dow the man at the turnstilegrinned and shouted, All good-looking kids in free to-day, thisway in, and motioned to my as-sorted bunch. Well, that tickled the young-sters and made me feel sort of goodinside, so we got oiif to a good startand squandered nickels and dimeswith reckless abandon. Possibly I am over-susceptibleto a smile (my wife says I am—Init be that as it may ) but I knowI am speedily and permanently in-fluenced by a grouch, one a])plica-tion being sufficient. I own a bull pup that can smilefrom the tip of his abbreviated taildown to the end of his wrinklednose ; he is sure one friendly pup,and this ability to show hi>^ appre-ciation of life in general stood himin good stead not long ago. Man-made laws have decreedthat he wear a muzzle wliich ])re-vents him from following his avd-cation of collecting bones and bury-ing them in the flower bed, so oneday he managed to
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