THE FASCINATING BOOK AGENT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1974, 19 October 1888, Page 2

THE FASCINATING BOOK AGENT

She was a pretty woman and she bowed to me bewitohlngly as she cams In. She held op one finger arohly, and said, lm« petuonsly :—

"No it, sir, I want you to itop your writing and look at my book."

Than ehe blushed charmingly, as If embarrassed at my look of amaxament. I said : —

" My dear madame, I am busy to-day, and I beg yon will exoos? me. "

She sat down beside ma and made her* aelf comfortable at once.

(< Now, don't let me hear mother word about that ; yon are going to boy a book of course." '• But, my dear—" She took my hands gently but firmly In hers.

" I know— you are a buay man—yon write all day and ara too tired to readyon hirdly find time to look at the ptpet —yon——"

" Yes, madam ; that's preoiiily the^^

She ohuoked me deliberately trader the ohln.

" Do you mean to ity that you are going to refuse me a miserable little dollar for this beautiful book ?'

I gasped feebly and gltred at my offioe boy. He waa oridently Interested , I paid :— .-■'■-•,

" You must be a suooessful book agent ; yoa have the most fetohlng qaalltUi I have erer seen," Bash words ! - - She rose at once, and sitting down upon the arm of my chair, threw one arm round my neok, and beading down looked tenderly Into my eyes " Now, yon know, darling, you are going to do jast what I«y; yon are going to buy -— ". } beard my office boy ohuokle to himself. I protested. I said:— "My dear madam, this is really— embarassing— do you know— l am a married man — that I——"

She replied— "l have nothing to do with that ; lam here for business."

I replied— -" That statement is unnecessary ; the faot la quite apparerit But I am really fond of my wife. You're got hold of the wrong man." She seemed a trifle hart at this, butane did* not take her arm from my neck. She remained m this compromising attitude apparently lost ia thought. I broke into a cold sweat

11 I'll tell you what 111 dOj" sbe said j&t, i«yg'riwn; "if you'll take a copyoT"*"' that book I'll promise hot to Idas you before I leave the office !" I bought the book.