Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-04-20

A DANBuRY MAN TRIES TO REACH A Wo-
MANS PocKEr.-rhe most difficult thing to
reach is woinan's pocket. This is especially
the case if the dress is hung up In the closet
and the man Is III hurry. We think we are
safe in saying that he always is in hurry on
such an occasion. The owner Of the dress Is
in the sitting room serenely engrossed in a
book. Having told him that the article lie Is In
quest of is In her dress pocket in the closet she
has discharged her whole duty in the matter
and eau feel to feel serene. He goes at the
task with dim consciousness that he has been
there before, but says nothing. On opening
the closet door and finding himself confronted
by number of dresses all turned inside out,
and presenting a most formidable front, he
hastens back TO ask (which dress ?" and being
told the brown one, aud also asked II she had
50 many dresses that there need be any great
effort to find the right one, he returns TO the
closet with alacrity and soon has his hands on
the brown dress. 1t is inside out like the rest
a fact he does not notice, however, until he has
made several Intellectual attempts 10 get his
hand into it. Then he turns it around very
carefully and passes over the pocket several
times without being aware of 1t. nervous
moving of his hands, and an appearance of per-
spiration OH his forehead are perceptible. He
now dives Que haud in at the back, and feeling
around finds place and proceeds 10 explore 1t,
when he discovers tlat he Is following up the
inside lining. The nervousness increases, also
the perspiration lie twitches the dress on the
hook, and suddenly the pccket white, plump
aud exaspeiaing, comes to view. Then lie
sighs the relief he feels and he is mentally
grateful that he did not use any offensive ex-
plessions. 1t is all right now. There Is the
pocket in plain view no. only the lnsds but the
outside-and all he has TO do is to put his hand
right around the inside aud take out the ati-
| Gle. That Is all. He can't help but smile to
| Ia t,,Ir h.u Ian tn.
he puts his hand around to the other side. He
does not feel the opening. lie pushes little
| iurther--now he has got it he shoves the hand
| down, aud is very much surprised to see it APP
| pear opposite his knees. lie had made a mis-
take. lie tries again; again he finds the ELL
trance and glides down it only to appear again
as before. This makes him open his eyes and
straiShlen his face. He feels Of the outside of
the pocket, pinches 1t curiously, lifts IL up,
shakes 1t, aud after peering closely ABOUT the
roots of it, he says, BY gracious" and commen
ces again lie does II calmly this time, because
| hIIrying only makes matters worse. He holds
| up breadth after BREADTH goes over them care
fully, gets the hlud iiIs into lining, then into
| the air again, (wherc il always surprises him
when il appelrs,) and tnaly into pocket and
is about 10 cry out with triumph, when he Jis-
| covers that II is the pocket Of another Dress
| lie is mad now; the closet air almost stihes him,
| he is so nervous be can hardly contain himself,
and the pocket looks at him SO exasperatingly
] that lie cannot help but "plug," it with his
clenched fist, and Immediately does it. Being
somewhat relieved by this pc. fornance, he has
a chance TO look alound him and sees that he
has put his foot through band-box and into
the crown Of his wifs's bonnet has broken the
brim Of his Panama bat, which was hanging in
the same closet, and torn about a yard Of buge
| trimming from Il new CLOAK. All this trouble
Is due directly 10 his wife's lnfaldation in hang
| ing up her dresses inside out, he Immediately
starts after her and impeluuusly urging her Ia
the closet. excitedly and almost proiinely init
males his doubts about there being pocket IN
the dress anyway. The cause of the unhappy
dis tsler quietly inserts her hand inside the robe
brings it forth ih the sought for articles in its
| clasp. lie doesn't know why, but this makes
him madler than anything else.-Ddn6ury
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