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It was a busy «toy in tfee department
gtore of Marbu*; & C*. Simon Lane,
head Clerk of the fur department, was
even more than usually officious.
The occasion for Simon’s especial
good nature was a new and lavish cus
tomer. She was a handsome, richly
dressed woman of about 30 years, with
a frank, pleasant smile and a very
engaging air of condescension, which
made Simon more than usually servile
In bis attentions. She appeared much
interested in the display of selected
furs. There was a subtle flattery in
the manner in which she sought
Simon’s opinion on the various goods,
but her own remarks showed her to
be a connoisseur. After much delib
eration she selected some handsome
seal skins, with careless indifference
to their price, and a set of sables, the
pride of the Marburg fur display. She
gave a little sigh of weariness as she
concluded her buying and unclasped
her purse.
-I should like greatly to take my
purchases with me,” she sa.d, "I wish
to have the furs for this evening. If
it won’t trouble you too much, will
you have them packed at once and I
shall take them in my carriage. What
is the amount?” She took a roll of
bills from her purse anyl counted them
slowly.
"Eleven hundred dollars, ma’am,”
said Simon, after a somewhat lengthy
calculation.
A faint flush had begun to color the
woman's features. She uttered a slight
but startled exclamation. “I must con
fess that I have exceeded by purse.”
she said, blushingly, "I haven't that
amount with me. However, I must
have those furs—and I can't wait until
to-morrow. May I speak with your
employer a moment?” she asked hesi
tatingly, blushing a deep crimson from
embarrassment. "I think I see a way
out of the difficulty.”
Simon led the way to the grated
window of old Marburg’s office and
briefly related the situation.
“You would greatly oblige me,” the
woman hastened to conclude, "if you
would allow your clerk here to accom
pany me to my husband's office. My
carriage is waiting outside. I shall
procure a check for my purchase,
which I shall return to you through
your clerk. You will do me a great
service,” she added, "and besides you
will release me from a very embar
rassing situation.”
On the shrewd countenance of old
Marburg a frown gathered for a mo
ment, a frown of distrust; then, at the
thought of losing a new and evidently
wealthy customer, his face cleared.
“No favor whatever, madam; Mr.
Lane here shall accompany you and
return with the check." And old Mar
burg turned again to his desk.
A carriage awaited them at the
curb. Simon followed, sat down oppo
site her, and the carriage rolled away.
Simon was charmed by the engaging
conversation of his companion. Still
exhibiting a slight air of reserve, as
might well become a society leader
thrown into such a delicate situation,
she conversed entertainingly on those
topics of the day that might interest
a clerk. As they talked, the carriage
was speeding along, out through the
crowded streets of the business dis
trict to the quiet of the suburbs.
Simon was beginning to experience
a slight feeling of uneasiness, when
the horses slowed down to a wall^and
he felt that their destination was near
at hand.
A hasty glance through the carriage
window told him that they were on
the grounds of the Chesiea Private
Sanitarium. He immediately conclud
ed that the woman opposite him was
the wife of some official of the estab
lishment. He was more strongly in
trenched in this belief when the car
riage drew' up at the main doorway.
The woman arose and spoke with a
ravighing smile. “Won’t you please
step up into the waiting room while I
see Dr. Chesiea? Ill be gone but
lust a moment.”
Simon was only too happy to obey
and followed her into a cosy little
waiting room, where she left him.
wo attendants in uniforms were
ounging in the apartment and Simon
uw that they were watching h:
c 0Bely- The woman was gone b
a eW mornent® when she return*
e bad a kerchief to her eyes a
was weeping. She stepped quickly
!s B*de an<l, before he realized wh
sue had done, she had kissed him i
Pu sively on the forehead and rush
the rooni sobbing loudly. T
u denness, the strangeness of it j
bm i Sim°n conjI)lete'y by surprii
.. ln a moment he recollected hi
Jit and started after her. Ere
ached the door an attendant seiz
by either arm.
hat does this mean?” cried 1
■on. almost stunned at these unloc
for proceedings.
on Qu*et’ sir. Calm yourself,” sa
iiw ° . ,lle men. speaking in a sool
srfv £ Ce' 38 if t0 a child- “You mu
a liiti 6re f°r a "bile, sir, and enji
a little vacation.”
What kind of a plot
Surg 7 Company!*
lessj ’ £eeinninS to
Suf^y, g}^ we ]jnow
-j ' Marburg has aske.
aRk a !bis bttie vacatk
aBk«l it for vou ”
wife! But I ha'
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I don’t believe you. You are all In
some plot to ruin me!” and Simon,
instead of trying to be cool and ration
al. grew more excited, more confused
and more violent in his resistance. At
last he was forced down a corridor
and placed in a solitary cell, where he
passed a sleepless night.
On the afternoon of the next day
Dr. Cheslea, head of the Cheslea Sani
tarium, sat reading in his private of
fice. As his eye moved over the front
page of the "Herald” it was attracted
by the following item:
"Faithful Clerk Absconds from the
Marburg Store. Simon Lane, for
ten years a trusted employer of Mar
burg and Company disappeared from
the city yesterday taking with him a
check for $1,100 dollars paid him by
a wealthy customer. No news of his
whereabount has been obtained.”
Dr. Cheslea re-read the item with
a puzzled expression, then sat for
several moments staring before him
in silence. As if on sudden thought,
he then picked up a directory from
his desk and looked through it hur
riedly. Then taking down the receiv
er of his desk telephone he called the
number of Marburg’s private-' office.
"Hello,” a little excitedly, "I want
to talk with Mr. Marburg at once.”
"This is Marburg right here,” re
turned a gruff voice, "what can I do
for you?”
"This is Dr. Cheslea of the Cheslea
Sanitarium. I read of the disappear
ance of your clerk, Simon Lane, and
wish to say that he is here at the
sanitarium. He was placed here yes
terday at. the request of his wife and
at the advice of his physician.”
"His wife? Simon Lane, my clerk,
had no wife! You must be mistaken.”
Dr. Cheslea saw in a flash the depth
of his deception. He dropped the tele
phone and pressed a button on his
desk.
"Go,” he said calmly to the attend
ant who appeared, “and show Mr.
Lane to my office—Mr. Lane, the gen
tleman in number 97.”
As Simon Lane, dejected and woe
begone, appeared in the doorway of
the office Dr. Cheslea arose to meet
him and shook him warmly by the
hand.
"Mr. Lane,” he said. "thi3 institu
tion has done you a great wrong. As
head of this institution I am responsi
ble for it and I offer most humble apol
ogy. It is plain that we both have
been much deceived.”
The two talked earnestly together
for ten minutes. In the midst of the
discussion a cab drove hurriedly up
the drive. Old Marburg alighted and
hastily mounted the steps and entered
the office.
"Simon!” he cried, halting between
his old time confidence in his clerk
and his new,, suddenly grounded sus
picion.
"Mr. Marburg,” said Dr. Cheslea,
“be seated. I am afraid, all uncon
sciously, we have been parties to one
of the cleverest swindling tricks of
which I have ever heard. A woman
called here at my office the day before
yesterday with two gentlemen, one
of whom she introduced as her broth
er, the other of whom bore the card
of a prominent north side doctor, a
gentleman for whom I have the great
est esteem professionally, but whom
unfortunately, I had never met. This
woman stated that her husband was
insane, to which fact the two gentle
men testified. She declared that his
insane hobby was selling furs, and
that he imagined himself a clerk in
the employ of Marburg and Company.
She spoke of him in terms of great
affection and seemed much moved.
I expressed the hope that we might
be able to benefit him by a few
months’ treatment. She then explain
ed that he was very suspicious and
wary, also that he was very violent
when crossed in his wishes or other
wise disturbed in temper, but that
she would try, under some pretence,
to bring him quietly to the office here,
where we might take him in charge.
Well, as you see, she brought Mr.
Lane, who answered exactly to her
description and who, you will pardon
me, sir, certainly did exhibit the
symptoms she mentioned.”
"Where is this woman now?” cried
old Marburg, very red and excited,
starting from his seat.
But even the best city detectives
failed to answer his question.
Squirrels Reared by a Cat.
Among the interesting things shown
at a recent meeting of the Zoological
society were two young specimens of
the English squirrel, which had al
most entirely changed in color from
the usual chestnut-brown to a light
drab, the ears and feet only showing
traces of the original color. It was
stated that the animals had been
taken from a nest when very young,
and put in charge of a cat, which
acted as foster-mother, and successful
ly raised them. It was suggested that
this fact might have caused the color
change.—St. James’ Gazette.
Her Best Recollection.
Mrs. Lapsling was explaining the
nature of the injury sustained by
Johnny when he fell off the back
porch.
“It’s a wonder he ever went through
it alive,” she said. "The doctor says
he came mighty near fracturing his
juxtaposition. You know that's the
bone next to the Medullion obligato.”
—Chicago Tribune.
TEN YEARS OF PAIN
Unable to Do Even Housev/ork Be
cause of Kidney Troubles.
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clin
ton St., Napoleon, O., says: “For
fifteen years I was a great sufferer
from kidney trou
bles. My back pained
me terribly. Every
turn or move caused
sharp, shooting
pains. My eyesight
was poor, dark spots
appeared before me,
and I had dizzy
spells. For ten years
I could not do housework, and for two
years did not get out of the house.
The kidney secretions were irregular,
and doctors were not helping me.
Doan’s Kidney Pills brought me quick
relief, and finally cured me. They
saved my life.”
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CAME PRETTY FAST FOR PAT.
At That, He Had Had Only What the
Doctor Ordered.
A Philadelphia physician says that
not long ago he was called to see an
Irishman, and among other directions
told him to take an ounce of whisky
three times a day. A day or so later
he made another visit and found the
man, while not so sick, undeniably
drunk.
“How did this happen?" the physi
cian demanded of Pat’s wife, who was
hovering about solicitously.
“Sure, dochter, an’ 'tis just what
you ordered, an’ no more, that he
had,’’ she protested.
“I said one ounce of whisky three
times a day; that could not make him
drunk," the physician said. “He has
had much more than that.”
“Divil a drop more, dochter, dear,”
she declared. “Sure an’ oi didn’t
know just how much an ounce was so
oi wint to the drug store an’ asked,
an’ the lad—he’s a broth of a boy,
too—told me that an ounce was 16
drams and Pat has had thim regular,
an' no more!”—Harper's Weekly.
Architects and Closets.
An architect, says a writer, com
plains that women have a mania for
closets and that when a woman is al
lowed any liberty in the matter she
changes his whole architectural plan
in < der to make room for them. This,
he says, makes him a laughing stock
among his fellow architects. This is
very int sting, but why do architects
make plans if not to make every effort
themselves to secure conveniences? A
house may be architecturally perfect
and yet not fit to live in, and it certain
ly is sot if there is not closet room
enough.__
One to Reckon With.
There's a little girl who gave her
folks a shock the other day.
“Ma, I want a bathing suit,” she
said.
“You shan't have any," ma replied.
“Then I'll go bathing without one.”
The bathing suit matter is now be
ing arbitrated.
.We Reiterate.
That for more than fifteen years
Hunt’s Cure has been working on the
afflicted. Its mission is to cure skin
troubles, particularly those of an itch
ing character. Its success is not on
account of advertising, but because it
surely does the work. One box is
guaranteed to cure any case.
Yes, Yes.
“I suppose,” said Mrs. Tartleigh,
“when you die you expect to meet all
your husbands?"
“You are very rude,” retorted Mrs.
Muchwedde. “When I die I expect to
go to heaven."—Young's Magazine.
One Bottle or Less.
Malaria is easy to contract in some
localities, and hard to get rid of—that
is, if the proper remedy is not used.
Cheatham’s Chill Tonic frees any one
from it promptly and thoroughly. It is
guaranteed to cure any kind of Chills.
One bottle or less will do it.
A Misogynist.
“Me father,” said Mrs. Murphy, “al
ways gits up whin a lady enthers the
room.”
“The ould man is too suspicious,”
Mr. Murphy grunted. “I never seen
the woman yit that 'ud be mane
enough to hit ye when ye was sittin’
down.”—Chicago Daily News.
Bingham's Headache Remedy—both
powders and liquid—are a household
necessity; they cure more headaches
than any other remedy, and are harm
less, if directions are followed. They
contain no opiate. For sale at your
druggist, or write Bingham Drug Co.,
Tuscaloosa. Ala. Prices, 10c for pow
ders; 25c for the bottles.
Man does what he can, and bears
what he must, and the name by which
he calls the result is left to each to
decide; a clever man calls it happi
ness.—Goethe.
Shake Into Your Shoes
Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cures painful,swollen,
smarting, sweating foot. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. SampleFREK.
Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, X. Y.
Novel Excuse of No Avail.
A Lander (Colo.) man called to serve
on a Jury tried to get off by claiming
he was too big for such work.
AFFLICTED ONLY AT TIMES.
Good Reason for Capt. Bascomb's In
termittent Hearing.
When Capt. Bascomb had left hi3
old friend, Capt. Somers, and the new
school teacher sitting on the south
porch, and had disappeared down the
road, the young woman spoke of him
with some curiosity.
“I understand from Mrs. Bascomb
that her husband was very deaf, ‘al
most stone-deaf,' she told me. I'm
sure,” said the school teacher. “But
he seemed to hear all we said with
perfect ease."
Capt. Somers leaned toward her
and spoke in a low, cautious tone, al
though there was no eavesdropper to
hear him.
“Don't let Mis' Bascomb know it,”
he said, hurriedly. “He does seem
to hear pretty well when she ain't
round, but none of us folks ever let
on to her. She's a good woman as
ever lived, but a most tremendous
bosser and an everlastin’ talker. An'
we all think that Gersh Bascomb be
gun to realize ten years ago that if
he didn’t want to be harried right off'n
the face o’ the earth, the thing for
him to do was to grow deef, gradual,
but steady—an’ he's done it, to all
intents an' purposes, ma'am!” —
Youth's Companion.
The Three Milkmen.
A man in a small western town
bought a quart of milk and on arriv
ing home found it was adulterated
with water. The next day he posted
bills in different sections of the town
reading:
“I bought a quart of milk yesterday
■which I found to be adulterated. If
the scoundrel will bring me another
quart I'll not denounce him.”
Theinext day he found three quart
cans on his doorstep. There were
three dairymen in the town.—Judge’s
Library.
Left Army for Pork Trade.
Aladar Stolincki, an aristocratic
lieutenant of a Hungarian hussar reg
iment, has resigned his commission to
become an apprentice to a pork butch
er in Budapest. He says he can not
live on his pay—$400 a year—and that
he considers a man of intelligence and
energy can do well in the pork trade.
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