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She broke into a long ripple of delight. Then she took her seat upon 'The Nobleman's' broad edge and regarded me mischievously. "I think you ought to apologize," she said severely. "Who took me for a salesman?" said I. "I never did that.

When his salesroom was formally opened to the public, with five Summits on the floor and twice as many en route, when his undertaking and his car models had received the unqualified approval of a surprising number of callers, Thompson left the place to his salesman and went to see Sophie Carr.

His fancy waistcoat and maroon necktie must have been forced upon him by a ruthless salesman who would stop at no crime in the way of trade, and the consciousness of these atrocities and the largeness of his scarf-pin had reduced the poor fellow to the depths of gloom.

As a salesman he met with excellent success, and surprised Mr. Jennings by the size of his orders. He was led, on reaching Chicago, to register at the Sherman House, on Clark Street, one of the most reliable among the many houses for travelers offered by the great Western metropolis.

He had been told he needed warm garments, and he had accepted the advice of the first salesman who took charge of him when he dropped into the big department store he was most familiar with because it was the cheapest in town. Even when it was no longer necessary to be cheap, it was time-saving and easy to go into a place one knew.

He was an excellent salesman, and his ability and success but served to weld him the closer to his work. The house had made him a partner long since, but the business he controlled was so large and so profitable, that they all knew, and he best, that to withdraw him and experiment with a new man would be but playing with fire over a magazine of powder.

One day the travelling salesman of fruit trees came again. This time he met Minnie, some of whose information puzzled him. "But I thought you said the young Mrs. Winslow lived in the large house on this side." "Yes, but that's the other one; that's Mrs. Isabel Winslow, the widow.

You need a good salesman." "No, I don't. I have seven already." "Say, wouldn't you like the trade of the whole younger set? I can bring you a lot of fresh customers fellows like me." "'Fresh customers' is right," laughed Kurtz, then sobered quickly. "You're joking, of course?" "I'm so serious I could cry. How much is it worth to you to make clothes for my crowd?" "Well " the tailor considered.

B. Gans says that Pasinsky is a good salesman, Mawruss, and you can do what you like about it; I'm going to hire him, Mawruss, when he comes back here." "Go ahead, Abe," Morris retorted. "Only, if things shouldn't turn out O. K. you shouldn't blame me. That's all." "I wouldn't blame you, Mawruss," Abe said.

But George did not like to do this. The arrangement which he made with Paul was a satisfactory one, for with half his usual earnings they would still be able to keep out of debt, and not be compelled to draw upon the fund in the bank. Of course, something depended on Paul's success as a salesman, but he would not be likely to fall much below the average amount of sales.