, 1879-06-01


that sending round big van inscribed bad
Debts Collected, ..We'll Smoke the Dead Beats
Ont" ETC., and haliing the same before the
debtors door only moves the debtor's mind to
mutiny aud rage. and. de Plus, ia device OF
dubious legality; hence be is about to resort to an
expedcnt OF quite another sort. His vehicle VIII
te . dog-cart In the extreme OF fashion with
dignlded English groom up behind, and thorough
bred horse with gold buckled harness, and the col
leetor ls to be young man beautiful rs Apollo anu
attlred fp snch ety1c TINT tailors dummy would
faint With envy. Debtors, attered By this eF1dence
d eonaderatIon for thetrfeelings, he fondy thnks'
x1l promptly pay up. A1asl unhappy mnn, ne
Aue suspects that long -nosed woman on warren
t!enae, With several daughters and unpaid nilis IS
Destined to wreck his system at the outset, Tor she
Hlli keep his collector calling twice week ano
Waiting three-quarters Of an hour each time, and
pretend to her peighbors that he is young English
Lord who ie paying attentions to one Of her girls.
hpw strange thing is loyei How cur1ousiF
complex machine ia the human mindl Erin"
saace. last night youns man on the West Side
@ox It into his head to 60 and spend the evening
"''n n'a sweetheart to whom. in point Of fact ne
intended to propose. He loved her dearly, and
1Ao reason to believe that-as they say on the
.ose send nowhere c]se}-he WAS not absolutely
.eunefent to her; his employer had told him he
s.1a axe tWo weeks' leave in JulT and have his
~. "annued al the samei a chap he had never
- se1ea 70 see again had paid him back S. bill
.aNa oa the tablets OF his memory had long been
soo Under the title - Bad debts -; tho tailor
..S.,s seat home bis clothes. which he had been
:@ would not be ready before Monaay,-all. all
~ peaee aud joy with him. After dinner. he
"sa. oe saha to dress. and as preliminary
4 ~ INT ff1nF
~au re damp. the wood OF the drawers had
sNel!eq sna-put let Us not anticipate. BE gave a
pail but the drawer stood motonless though
:.' '1at' knocking smile seemed to play family upon
~, Au1of: Then he gave another pull, and the
-. 1me OF the drawer came out about nine m}lli-
~.saes and stuck, with, apparently, hoarsc'
t.saae laugh. Then he knitted his brow, and
.-asaeo als teeth. and tugged yehemently ut the
+efes. Yea, tngged till the bureau tipped gently
~ s,n aws9q, and his girls photograph. box ot
4nt cigar, and bouquet in cracked tuua-
.'es FAMED of the little brackets upon the aoos,
~ .ae looking glass SWING backward aud 1or'
hke hellostat; but still the drawer remained
sua.' With brow Of gathering gloom aud . re-
.1.1A which We will not pollute our chaste type b,
4spsaunss, be gave still more vehement }erx. nnt
W. s1s ataWeF opened sufficiently for him to see thu
taese were no sbirts in it. lie jam1ned it bach
asalp' and committed nomicldal attack OF tht
ue3t one, which surrendered lnstantIy.-indeed4
~1ue out With such absence Of reluctance that h'
al oosn in succession on the gable of his pauta
.uoas and the nape OF his neck. with the dra"el
". op Of him. scraptng Ill the skin oil Of bis nose
-, ue bureau itself rocked and tottered over bin
~ Maealeningly, asif intending to settle the matte
soea and there by falling on him and cruehln
=! Am INTO shapelesa mass; but evidently 1t cam
~ tae conclusion thati it could have more fun on
VI nm BY prolongine the unequal encounter. IN
to'ell back In good order against the vail. show
w pa e1sns OF emotion, saYe in lts mirror. whtc
aauns On its pivots to aud fro. The young ma