180/297 Let every one who is good-hearted in the sense that Mr.May was, ask seriously the same questions. These goods will sell as fast as they can be measured off." The young man to whom this was said by the polite and active partner in a certain jobbing house in Philadelphia, shook his head and replied firmly-- "No, Mr.Johnson.Three pieces are enough for my sales. If they go off quickly, I can easily get more." "I don't know about that, Mr.Watson," replied the jobber. "I shall be greatly mistaken if we have a case of these goods left by the end of a week. Every one who looks at them, buys. |