A DOtJBLE DEALER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5686, 3 October 1896, Page 4

A DOtJBLE DEALER.

" I am an agent for a book called ' Tears and Smiles/" ho said with a pleasing melancholy in his voice and manner, as f the woman of the house opened the do^r, / "That's a good name for a book, bidb 1/ don't know as I want it/ she said, taking the volume in her hand to examine it. ; "It's a beautiful thought, ma'am, that smiles follow tears all throngh our lives. Only a dollar-fifty to close out the most remarkable sale on record." He sold her the book, and casually learned where her husband's place of business was located. There he presented himself with another copy of the same work in his hand. " ' Tears and Smiles ?' " said the business man, taking it from the agent's hand; "I don't mind the smiles, but when it oomes to the tears I'm not in it !" " You don't pronounce that word correctly, my dear sir. Don't you go on a mild tear once in a while ?" and he winked as he added the information that the book was iolly cheap at two dollars. But when the customer had looked the volume through and taken it home as a. present to his wife, he learned a thing or two about " Tears and Smiles" that he had not known before.