WELL RECOMMENDED

New Zealand Tablet, 12 September 1912, Page 61

WELL RECOMMENDED

The well-dressed stranger stepped into the chemist's shop, and, passing by the boy who usually attended to

casual customers, approached the proprietor, who was arranging some goods on a show-case. ‘Mr. S , I presume?’ he remarked, pleasantly, and the chemist turned and bowed gravely. * I have heard my friend, Mr. Quorn, speak of you often,’ said the , brisk man. ‘He told me if ever I needed anything in this line to come to you. He spoke of you as a man on whom one could rely with perfect confidence, who had only the best of everything, and with whom it was always a pleasure to deal.’ ‘ Mr. Quorn is very kind,’ answered the other, beaming with gratification. • ‘He is one of my best customers. What can I do for you this morning —er—this morning, as it happens,’ said the stranger, with just a little briskness— ‘ this morning I should like, if you will allow me, to consult your directory.’ ‘ Certainly,’ was the calm reply. ‘We also have a good selection of penny and halfpenny stamps, if you need anything of that kind.’