Other customers flocked in, but he
firmly refused to sell them a dime’s
worth. He explained to a cadaverous
looking old woman that her dyapepsic
appearance was due to the china clay
in the flour, and the glucose sulphuric
acid in the golden syrup she wanted
to purchase. Another lady wanted
tea. The good clerk said : “Madam,
if you were to drop dead and wake
up where there is weeping and gnash
ing of teeth, I could never sleep at
night, afterward. You could not buy
a pound of tea at this establishment
for all the wealth of the Indies. The
color of the tea is produced by Prns-
I t ,s an blue, which causes ossification of
the valvular system of the heart, f
can sec by the leathery complexion, ■
that is caused by the tannin in the j
tea, that you are not long for this j
: ! world. How do I know you have.
made your peace with heaven ?”
“Got ,rny good coffee?’ asked n
, ■ fresh customer.
“We have some beans faced with
phosphate of calcium and sulphate of
barium, but the man who gets any of
i it has to show a clean hill ot health
from his spiritual adviser.” There
was no trade with that man either.
Finally, when there were no cus
tomers in the store, the interview be
tween the enraged store-keeper and
his clerk took (dace, hut tko clerk
impressively warned the grocer with
an axe-handle —not to approach too
close unless ho was prepared to go
hence, that their business relations
were dissolved by mutual consent.
The moral of all cf which is that
things are not always what they seem.
Til V CHAR ITT.
