The Notion-Counter

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Excerpt from The Notion-Counter: A Farrago of FoiblesSO much as middle-aged, some being really young, a baby's coat Of spotless purity being among the more juvenile members of the hand-picked collection.Before entering the dyeing establishment, I paused to look in the cruelly deceptive shop-window. It pre sented a gay scene Of headless ladies exquisitely gowned in every shade Of delicate pink, blue, yellow, and lavender. A placard bore the legend (i use the word advisedly): These dresses have all been dyed. Almost fearing that my theory was to be disproved, I entered and, placing my package on the marble tomb stone Of a counter, displayed the contents to a woe begone female in black. Before I could explain what I wished to have done, the Sallow saleslady summoned another human vulture from a hidden recess, and to gether they looked, with stricken faces, at my articles Of apparel, shaking their heads ominously as I dis played my various exhibits.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.