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The Editor And The Book Agents

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
May
Year
1885
Copyright
Public Domain
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W e can stand a book agent, provided ho s of the masculino denominat ion. We are nol afraid of kim. We know that lic is coming nnd eau deal witli bim without buyiug his book. He may be pompons and conrtly or he may bc puupled and cadaverous; liis lips may be betewed with honeyed tlatteries; bomay bc oily and crafty in his approaches: be uiay modeatly aak for "just a moment oi our preeions time;'' lic may say that ho only oraves tho usc of our name, or he may charge iu upon us and seek to carrv as by Storm. This does not maller with us. He is a man, and so are we in a small way, and wo have our rights. We teil him what we will and what we won't, and that ends it. But when sho comes, then is the winter of our diseontent. We bow to the storm, and have no remarks to submit. All the bidden resources oi our politoness are cal led into requisition. Siie is a woman and has the advantage of us. Slie has Been bet ter days, and has a tear in her eye. Sho belou;s to an oldfamily and swam in luxnrv in her youtli. Littlo cares she for money; character is everything with her. She is working in the inierestsof literature and to lifi up society. Her book 8 for the home circle, and is destined to ennoble ihe character of mothers, and in that way to add jflory to our republican instifutions. She came the other day. I-Iow glib and rattling she was! Siie had us before we knew it. She liad us sitting as erect as a sunbeam in July, ana meekly nodding assen t to her sage observiitions. We neither moved hand nor foot. and, us for talking. wo had nu uli anee. Shc talked fast, and she talked long, and she talked all the time. Alter regaling us with the grandeur of her ancestry; the pleasures of her childhood, and the surpassinu' excellence of her book, she toiiched us up. Shedidit haadsome1. She expaüated on the potency of our influence, the value of our personal signature, and the well-known warmth and kiudness of heart. Greatness, -iic pin ted, ilways had a tear on its cheek for the struggling and unfortunate. And there wc wore- dumb and foolisli, a icliiu to hor spell. Time came and went, hut Mie went on, aud on, and u. Wc feil fatigued and lonesome, and wonder how it would end. Finally, shc eradually descended from her circumlocutoiy fliht.and lil in the ven-ion of business. The attnosphere beoame commercial, and il was a quoation of dollars and cents. She had a book for sale and desired to sell us a copy. It ceased to be a quesüon of ancestry, aud the poetry aud praiso all faded away. The" gpeQ was nroken, and all we had to do was to say whether or not we would boy the book. We did it as wcll as we we spokc in a bright and respectful tone - we even thanked her for her visit - we iaiil her a tribute to her brilliaut conversatioual gifts - we wished hei high fortune and a gulden future, and expressed regret that it had to be so. Hoiv lier.whole aspect changed! Shc patted her foot with petuiance, hor . face ïlushed, she brea t lied wildly, and swept augrily a way. Andyet truly wc feil sorry for her. It hurt'us to tlimk of her hard lot and desperate devioes to stem the tlde of adverse fortune. We would have bonght her book, except that we oould not conseientiouslv pay an exorbitant

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Ann Arbor Democrat