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Why is every one around here asking for jack knives? Do you suppose we are keeping this store to supply the whole neighborhood with jack knives?" Do you carry on your store like that in Philadelphia? WHY EVERYONE AROUND HERE IS ASKING FOR JACKKNIVES DO YOU SUPPOSE WE ARE KEEPING THIS STORE TO SUPPLY THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH JACK KNIVES DO YOU CARRY ON THIS STORE LIKE THAT IN PHILADELPHIA
never knows a thing about business.” Well, then, I will have to prove that I am an expert. I don’t like to do this, but I have to do it because my testimony will not be taken if I am not an expert. My father kept a country store, and if there is any place under the stars where a man gets all sorts of experience in every kind of mercantile transactions, it is in the country store. I am not proud of my experience, but sometimes when my father was away he would leave me in charge of the store, though fortunately for him that was not very often. But this did occur many times, friends: A man would come in the store, and say to me, “Do you keep jack knives?” “No, we don’t keep jack-knives,” and I went off whistling a tune. What did I care about that man, anyhow? Then another farmer would come in and say, “Do you keep jack knives?” “No, we don’t keep jack-knives.” Then I went away and whistled another tune. Then a third man came right in the same door and said, “Do you keep jack-knives?” “No. S YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BUSINESS A PREACHER NEVER KNOWS A THING ABOUT BUSINESS WELL THEN I WILL HAVE TO PROVE TO YOU I AM AN EXPERT I DON'T LIKE TO DO THIS BUT I HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE MY TESTIMONY WILL NOT BE TAKEN IF I AM NOT AN EXPERT MY FATHER KEPT A COUNTRY STORE AND IF THERE IS ANY PLACE UNDER THE STARS WHERE A MAN GETS ALL SORTS OF EXPERIENCE IN EVERY KIND OF MERCANTILE TRANSACTIONS IT IS THE COUNTRY STORE I AM NOT PROUD OF MY EXPERIENCE BUT SOMETIMES WHEN MY FATHER WAS AWAY HE WOULD LEAVE ME IN CHARGE OF THE STORE THOUGH FORTUNATELY FOR HIM IT WAS NOT VERY OFTEN BUT THIS DID OCCUR MANY TIMES FRIENDS A MAN WOULD COME INTO THE STORE AND SAY DO YOU KEEP JACKKNIVES NO WE DON'T KEEP JACKKNIVES SO AND I WENT OFF WHISTLING A TUNE WHAT DID I CARE ABOUT THAT MAN ANYHOW AND THEN ANOTHER FARMER WOULD COME IN AND SAY DO YOU KEEP JACKKNS NO WE DON'T KEEP JACKKNIVES THEN I WENT AWAY AND WHISTLED ANOTHER TUNE THEN A THIRD MAN CAME RIGHT UP TO THE DOOR AND SAID DO YOU KEEP JACKKNIVES NO
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