A BOOKISH AFFAIR.On# itt I). Applet.in A €'«».*• Kook A«rnU «.#*■ into » l.lttle Kl.mnrUI Dlfttraltjr.*1 Yesterday aft*monu Wefli* 1!. Hurlbutt, ^ general ag'-nt for tin* puhlL-diing llrui i#f 1». ApldeUm A ru, of Nou \lt;irfc. .omplalned to Chief Walker lh.it a travHftie agent of In* firm who had been discharged fmn It* 11 employ on tltr* S’Jih of fVtuber, had ct»J-9 lected until? money fnmi citizens of thU1 city to whom lit* hail sold. a* eanvawdmc 1 agent. a work published In j»»*trt?*. The r amount ttald to have been collected by the■ former agent, wbi»*c name Mr. iluribiitt said «i' (teorge F Card, w.i^ ?•. so. l.a*t* evening Mr. Iluribuit again interview c l■ Chief Walker ami -dated that although a 1 csiM* of obtaining money under fal*r pre-‘ tenses could probably la* made against Card. ‘ he wuulil prefer not to have Imu arrested.* j a* the matter would lie auil- ably eitled In* hitoMilf ami Mr. t'anl. The latter it* from i Indianapolis and prior to hi* discharge :iat|-: been in the employ of I». Appleton A Co.