A FRIEND'S INFLUENCE.
■Shopman: "i.Wr. jSelKcin. liovo U a gentleman who came in to buy a watch. \Vhal shall I charge him for tho one ho has chosen? 1 ' Mr. Solleni: "Lei mo see. Well, Jet him have it for five pounds." Shopman.: '' Ihit lio was rocommond'.'d ho re bv our friend Mr. Amicus, who (old him wo would give him a liberal , discount. M "Mr. Sollom: "Ah. thai nliors Ihoeaso. Toll him our regular price is ton pounds, hut. serinu' hi* \> a Iriond of Mr.Amicus. I wo shall lei him have it for seven, pounds |i'si. Hut (ell him to bo careful and lot nobodv know what he paid for it. Wo positively cannot afford lo soll ( them at 1 hat figure. Only do it as an aciconnuodation lo Mr. Amiens, you know/' Coutlcmau pay-, the seven pounds ten and goes o(T hanpv in Iho belief ihal ho has made a big bargain. Tie esteems "Mr. Amiens more dearly than over. So docs tho shopkeeper.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 222, 12 September 1908, Page 3
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166A FRIEND'S INFLUENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 222, 12 September 1908, Page 3
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