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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 9

//\\ ; hilD. : an?i(ucicland business man:wa3 ; bus-- / ily...engaged Friday in his office at his . : daily ,rp.utine;.ithe''door was flung- open .with I some jfprce, -.i&nd: a_• short,. thick-sot,' elderly I mail .>entercd.;,Jfornin'," bo exclaimed,. I though tl)o shadows of evoning were falling' / fast. Tho business; man paused. :He was ' dictating a letter, totho. ! t.vpisfc: and inquired tho intruder's business. .''That's what I want you to tell me," replied tho thick-set one, who might have . been under tho improssion that hcl was talking to, an .expert-plirouolo-gist. r The business man, ,in. somo. surprise,, indicated tho absurdity" of his being expected - to .see into tho back of anpther man's mind. ■ With §ome reluctance the stout man disclosedthe fact that ho wanted a job, and added " that ho had been omployed. in. a brewery. "So I, should imagine," drily remarked tho lawful occupant" of the office, whereupon tho elderly mtruder got exceedingly angry, and demanded job there and'then;' Tho business man replied that lie could .riot provide him with ohoi The refusal drew from 'tho other a dignified retort. .".If-you don't "you" will' have a very bad- timo in the next world. You will be asked what did you do to-that poor old man who came to your, office in .. July, 1903, and-asked for a billot p Sent him , away without anything, didn't you P Now you can go away ; yourself." Even this dismal, picture-of his prospective fato failed to move the business inan, and lie impationtly asked : the-: interrupter to withdraw. The elderly .man did so, but wheri he got outside; the door he thrust.his head intoitho apartment and delivered this Parthan shot. I'Sip,". : ho said, ' - your name is mud—m-u-d, don't forget 1" , . - • , ' , For jßrbriclilal '.Co'nghn tits Wood's' Great Peppermint"Cure.' Is. 6d. and ?&'Od. CBJ i