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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 8 (December 1, 1928)

Chapter III

Chapter III.

It was when a new motor salesman arrived in the village that things began to happen as far as Mrs. Gladbury was concerned.

Mrs. Gladbury was about the only person ot
“Old Mrs. Gladbury did not own a motor car.”

“Old Mrs. Gladbury did not own a motor car.”

page 20 note in the village to whom the new salesman had not sold one of the latest “Tipemup” cars, saloon model, with steerage brakes.

The new motor car salesman had served his apprenticeship to salesmanship with a secotine solicitor, and when he once got in touch with anyhody, it took more than a strong man's bluff or a weak woman's poodle to drive him off.

So, when it became known that the new salesman was taking Mrs. Gladbury for a run to the city and back with a view to selling her a new “Tipemup” car, the high-heads of the village wagged their chins, and gurgled, “What did I tell you?”