AN ADVENTURE OF JASPER C——:
OR HOW TO SELL A CLOCK.
(FOUNDED ON FACT.)
“Madam, can I sell you a clock to-day?” inquired a pedler, as he was met at the door by the woman of the house at which he had stopped.
“No,” replied the woman, civilly, yet decidedly, “we want no such article.”
“I have several fine clocks, madam,” said the pedler.
“Very likely,” said the woman, “but we want none”—at the same time retreating a few paces from the door.
“May I ask,” inquired the pedler, advancing within the door a little, but cautiously and civilly, as the woman retreated—“may I ask, madam, whether you have a clock?”
The woman cast I will not say an indignant look at the clock-man—but a look certainly not kind; at the same time saying with some spirit—“we want none of your clocks, sir.”
The pedler took a seat.