for shipping-clerks who mark it "Edward." You have already consulted
your commercial "testament" to see if the firm will pay. If the bill be
too large for the credit allowed in the "testament," telegraph to your
firm about it and get instructions. Of course, you cannot have mistaken
prices or sold below the necessary profit. A firm in Boston started out
a confident young man, and he sold tremendous bills of goods. He took
no account of the value of the goods, freight, or time of payment. All
those merchants who had friends on his "beat" telegraphed to them to be
sure and give him an order. He was the rage. There was also some rage at
Boston when the orders began coming in. They telegraphed to Madison