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and recommend a brother fancier that you know 

 has. One good turn deserves another and he 

 may have a chance later to reciprocate. This 

 creates a kindly feeling amongst kennel men, 

 and is productive of good will, and ofttimes a 

 large increase in business. A few years ago a 

 lady from Connecticut came to see me to buy 

 a first class dog or a pair, if she could get suited. 

 I knew that in the past she had paid the highest 

 price for her Bostons, and she wanted a dog in 

 the neighborhood of two thousand dollars. I told 

 her at once I had nothing for sale to suit her, but 

 that I knew a man who owned a dog I considered 

 worth about that sum, and recommended her 

 strongly to buy him, and sent her to Mr. Keady, 

 who sold to her "Gordon Boy" for that price. 

 The sequel to this is somewhat amusing and 

 shows how reciprocity did not take place. I 

 went to see a litter of pups at Mr. Keady's house 

 soon after, and expected to obtain a somewhat 

 favorable price on the pup I picked out of the 

 litter on account of the sale of the dog, and 

 offered the gentleman three hundred dollars for 

 him, upon which he replied: "Mr. Axtell, do 

 you think that five weeks old pup is worth that 

 sum?" and upon my replying, "I certainly do," 

 instead of saying, "All right, take him," he ex- 

 claimed: "If that is your opinion, and I know 

 you always say what you believe, then he is 



