"i've known people to go Into a
pawnshop with some old article to
pawn anal tai look the proprietor over
with a supercilious air, as if tbej4 con
siaio:vil themselves bo far above bim
socially that be couldn't touch thom
' with a h' fool polo. .Naturally, for
shoot- spite, the broker offers them only
about hall* as mucb tis they would get
If they approached bim properly. Hav?
ing had a wide experience of my own.
1 know haaw to avoid snoh difficulties.
1 am not servile, but I am polite anal
;fill, am! as those two qualities
tunah tbe most geuerous chord In tbe
broker's bosom 1 get till I want on the
prof" 1 chattels,
"As recompense for my services I
charge my customers h> por cent com?
mission. I bave regular customers.
and then, of course, I do many odd
jobs fa>r occaslouals. There are fam?
ilies down hero for whom I pawn the
?ame things over iim! over again, one
week after the other. On pay day they
take their things out of soak. Three
days later they put thom in again, iiiid
the next pay day they take them out
again. And so it gots. month after
month. I canvass the bouses Just like
a book agent or corn pla v; peddler or
Insurance solicitor.
??'Anything to be pawned today?' I
ask.
"And if there is I take lt around to
some shop and raise the necessary
dough and take it back and get my
commission, once In awhile I come
across who abuses mo and
calls ma' a shark, but I'm nothing <>f
the sort. I'm earning a docent living
at a legitimate business."?New York
Sun.
RUGS AND CARPETS.
Increasing; Sales ot the One to tbe
Exclusion ef the Other.
