SOME SALESMEN AND OTHERS. IO7 



" Clever dog ! " An advertising genius 

 who makes his luxurious tastes produce 

 sales and profits. 



The Cosy Corner cigar salesman 

 couldn't do as Jimmy does. Beware of 

 him. He is as insidious as absinthe. 

 What a rippling, bell-like laugh he has, 

 and stories. It is rumored that he 

 carries a bottle of stuff that when in- 

 jected into the system produces instan- 

 taneous good nature. Clothes ; he'll 

 have none of them that he can't wear all 

 the time. Not even an extra pair of 

 trousers. He sells you a bill of goods 

 when you're not looking. And so easy. 

 You have had the best dinner for many 

 a day, and laughter enough to last a 

 month. " I told that story of yours to 

 fifty people, and they nearly died." In 

 the middle of the second bottle the 

 " Cosy Corner " produces cigars. By 

 that time you love the world. You in- 

 sist upon giving him a big order. He 

 doesn't want to sell you now, " but, if 



