The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-25
rnOunLE AMONG THE SMITHS
IN which mn Innoceni vendor OF Tape
becomes lhe Hero.

Ills name mlBll possibly HhNo pooh
Smith, but on mature deliberation he
concluded II wasn't; and thereby
hangs the tale which caused two ofthe
city's guardians some little sport, ana
certain elm street dry goods clerk
much embarrassment
mDyimis, be 1t remembered that the
name Of smith, though possibly OF
patriclun extraction, " no uncommon
one In metropolis Of the dimensions
Of Dallas; and that, while the Smith
family may number among It's fold,
even the great host Of our great lac
Grand, Il still embraces individuals
of more plebean ancestry aud still
more plebean occupations OF course,
II IL unnecessary TO remark to the
civilized world that Tom Smith II
Lieutenant General Of the small army
that Il takes to run the aforesaid lie
Grand, but the whole civilized world
don't know that another Tom Smith
mo less illustrious in his particular
line than his moro patrlcian name
sake), ms chef de GEisilo, ruled his sub
iecls with an iron rod. Hence, q
collision, But blood VIII tell,
and Tom Smith No. 2
was Court-martialed, and received
the verdict bounced stoicism
and Indifference that would have done
Justice TO full-blood Kiowa. But
Smith, of the first part, had his suspi-
cions that he of the bounced verdict
had sinister motives on him and his,
and, after thoroughly thinking the mat
ter over, awaited himself Of the serv
ice of II couple of our lynx-eyed officers
to watch the movements of the
bounced individual. With that pro-
verbal unselllshness and dlsjnteresled-
ness which characteri2es our guardians,
when small fee In IN sight, a vigilant
watch was kept Sunday night for the
dreaded visitor. About the hour when
graveyards are supposed to yawn and
shake up their silent occupants the
watchers were rewarded by glimpse
of some one stealthily gliding around
the rear part of the premises, With a
movement that would have done credit
to Gyp. after a rodent, did the officers
go for the interloper; and their efforts
were not in van for In few seconds
the guilty culprt was in custody. "ls
your name Smith" queried the
delicate blonde who preambulates Main
street in the interest of law and order,
"Yes my name is smith, replied
the individual. "Well," replied the
officer, "you had better leave here.
We were detailed to watch young
man just about your size, and the best
thing you can do is--move." "Pll be
dashed If do" was the reply, when
somebody was grabbed, and u mo-
ment after two policemen and u strug-
Cling individual might have been seen
vending their way to the city Gala.
boose. The arrested individual at
tempted to make an explanation, but
without avail, and it was not until he
was nearly within the sacred precincts
of the classic walls that he succeeded
in convincing his escort that instead
of being the aforementioned bounced
Mr.. Smith, he was an innocent dlspen-
ser of red tape at the mammoth estab-
lishment of the Messrs. S-rs, on Elm
street.
Whether the young gentleman was
bent upon warDlinga lay beneath the
window of his lady love, or was in
search of his recreant washawoman,
this deponent sayeth not.