Sitting Down On Him

A rather loudly dressed ''gentleman'1 step ped tato the necktie department the other ofternoon and, Ín a superclllous tone that would have nettled a graven image Into anger, uttered tlie single mandatory word, ■Xeckties !" and then threw báck hls head as iï the c-.lerk were entirely beneath hls notlce. The top iorty alr aggravated the salesmau, but he quietly displayed a. nuinber oí late patterns witn a deferential air. These,"' he said, obsciiuiously, "are tbe very txewest tMngs, and are excellent quality at twenty-five cents. 'Twenty-ílve cents ! ' haughtily snapped the customer. ''Twenty-íive cents ! Do I look like a man who -would wear a twenty-flve cent neekti ? Say, do I look like a twentyfive cent dude?. ís there anytnlng about me to indícate that I " ''I lieg your pardon," meekly interposed the clerk, but witn a snap in the corner of his cold gray eye, -'the ten cent counter is at the other end of the room. 1