BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7243, 26 August 1902, Page 3

BUSINESS AND PLEASURE.

A Cute Yankee's Method

A characteristic story has reached us of an American " bagman" and his customer in Auckland, illustrative of the proverbial business euteness of the former. Ho first interviewed his customer towards tho latter end of tho week, and was met with tho reply that it was then too lato in the week to attend to business matters, and that they might as well enjoy themselves in the interval. Thia they proceeded to do, and had various trips by land and sea, and generally had a fairly good time together. Early in the week tho representative again waited on his prospective customor, who with beaming effusiveness waived him into his office with a suave and bland, " Take a seat, my dear sir, and have a cigar. ,, " Excuse mo just for a second " was tho rejoinder, and, to the surprise of the merchant, tho ''bagman" stepped to the oilice door, and, as if spoalring to some one outside, remarked in a tono evidently intended to be audible: " Now, Mr Pleasure, just stay outside for half an hour, as I am about to transact some business. I will see you again lator." Thon turning to his customer, in brisk and cheerful, but thoroughly business-like and impressive tones'. " Now, then, my dear sir, let us proceed to business," which they accordingly did.