The Last Appeal.
A certain tradesman, prompted by an article' he read recently on tho fcubject | of collecting accounts, declares that more' is to be accomplished by a dunxung letter couched in good-natured language than one breathing threats in harsh words, and ielates the following as an illustration: — "It was our custom to let a new clerk occupy his spare time writing Jetters to slow customers. A clerk's merits were measured largely by the result of this work. Up in M we had a particularly bad case. It wa« a bill for £5 against a man named William Rose. It had long been considered a bad debt, but e\ery now and then wo gave it a whirl. '"Finally, one day the last clerk put on, a bright young fellow, laid the following lines on my desk and asked' permission to post them to Rose : — Oh, William Rose, oh, fragrant rose, Yourself it is who surely knows Unsettled bills ie bad. They soil our books, they spoil our looks, And make the heart gTow sad. So, William Rose, feel in your clothes, And find five sovereigns there. The goods were sold in days of old, Before we had white hair. "They were forwarded, and within a week tinman sent the money, explaining that he hu^. always intended to pay the account some time, but could hold out no longer against such a demand."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 91
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232The Last Appeal. Otago Witness, Issue 2814, 19 February 1908, Page 91
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