New-York tribune., 1880-01-18
THE MrSrERIOUS CUSTOMER.
An ACTORS MAD-CAP ADVENTURE.

j. l. 7O0f o. IhS stage IlOgr.
| was playing .Nr. Spicfr LHmtOrd ln " Artiul
Cards" aud you know IN The second act be goes 70
an evening party and be has bought palr OF WiltC
kid gloves-Tegular pariy-goIg Gloyes, warranted
not to split at our-aud-sX But they do split, and
here i the fun Of the introduction OF those cOnlca
articles called hand-shoes 10y the matter-ofiact
Germans.
The gloves were necessary for the fun Of tho play
they must bc split, or there is no tun aud usually
keep dozen palrs ready III case oi emergency, as
have TO split them before going upon tiie 81 age
When actiug IN a celt bTatcd provincial town,
where they are extremely critical and particular
down TO the smallest detail. my dresser told me that
| had no gloves had used them all.
II was dTcadtully wei night, pouring cats ana
dogs and all the best shops we're shut up SOD told
the coachnan to stop at the T't gl0' eSnop hc came
TO- We came to a halt at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
rate snop, where they sold cheap braces and m0udy
neckties. hy-hlowu shirts. ami the most alarming
brass STUDS fixed into cardboard.
Tho proprietor of thls dingy emporium was just
about 10 close, and se;mcd haf-asleep. J could sec
at once hc was surly, ill-cordloncd fellow. anu l
don't think improved his temper by maklug my
request very earnestly aud IN a ioN tone, accom-
PANIED by a gbbersh which he could not under
heard him nuttcring to himself, What does he
mean Z tLe mans "A foot When suddenly, as he
wa bounclng about and losing bis temper said, ~
distinctly as po sibe, Have you gOt auy white KID
EG'Ss'' ssfS l d'1' ""'e''''"d your p!0''"'''i O''
IL was as well to turn the tables at once, and put
him III the wrong.
with the cxcrtiou hc found "A forgotten box OF
white kids They were unconmouly dusty, aud
had evidently been the original stock Of ms grand
Ithrrs shop picked ont pair Gnd he went
through the stupid old formula oI doubling them
across my kuucklcs.
- think these Will do.r he said.
"Ohl will they then give lie pair OF scissors
They are united; yOu don't want any scissors"
Itlrn deliberately cnt the gloves In five or aix
placr. The man positively shuddefed and sald,
ION dou'tw 1t seemed 10 hurt him, although the
gloves were mine. The more he shuddeTed, the
more cut away
But I could have got YOU n larger pair without
that he whincd as II he were III dreadful pam.
They quite large enough; my dear ST." re-
Piled hacking away Dut Ike pleh'y ol Nehu-
lie shuddcrcd again.
give ne another pair" said hcrcey, as II l
were thlrrtng for destruction.
'Will you have a larger size 7 Do he mur.
mured "Don't hurt thcm,' he ADDED, with real
pathos. 10 -....
larger scIssOrsW
Isaw "A large pair Of scissors on the counter. and
seizng them. cut away at two or three pairs as
eagerly as "A child cutting up paper. The more
cut, the more puzzled and distressed ne looked
There, that will do" said J, throwing down the
money aud pockcting the gloves. 49, 80
"Wlll you have any paper1 On! dear lie
roared as If the sciss0fs had been rplng HIM open,
and he was recovering rom the shock. 80,
"No indeed. not I. Belinda shall be rcycngedV
groaned between my teeth. "lhns VIII destroy
my hated Tval.V
lie backed away from me | waved the scissors
in the air aud could see by his terrified face that
he thought was stark staring mad. As was leaV-
ing the shop looked out and said,
d" It's lovely morning, lsnt ltT 1t was O'Clock
in the evening, and raining IN torrents.
Don't talk nonsense. slr.' he replied angrlly' but
evidently very frightened and astonished
With hideous gumace left the shop and jumped
into the carriage. In five minutes l was at the
theatre trying to amuse the AUDIENCE with the per,
pexitics OF Mr.. Splcer Rumford. while the puzzled
shOpman broodIng In the little back parlOr over
this STANCE adventure with his Mysterious Cus-
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