The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-06-07

good things as he went along. His dres:
was fault.ess, but not such as TO suggest a
man of fashion.
How do tou know that he will win?''
asked the reporter.
II don't know it." replied the gentleman
shut know that man TO be keen one He
was the principal actor in an incident tba
came to my notice in Atlanta last winter. !
happened one day to be dining at the Mark
ham House when that man came in. He
wore huge ulster overcoat the skirts Ol
which nearly reached his heels. he left
the oveTcOat in the cloak room aud came
into the dining hall attired as neatly ms you
see him now. When he finished his dinner
saw him endtay0ring 10 pass tle clerk,
condition of the house, had been
placed there to take up tickets or cash.
The clerk was too Gu ck for him, and
after good deal of talk, the man admitted
that he had no money, and the clerk, who
was in no charitable mood, suggested that
some portion of his fine apparel would stand
good for the price of his dinner. 'All
right, said the manS you may have my
trousers if you won't take my word that
will pay you tomorrow The offer was ac-
copied at once, and few minutes later the
man with the big ulster left the cloak room
With his oveIcoat buttoned closely about
him, and his trousers apparently rolled
up few inches to keep them out of the
mud.
al learned the rest OF the story in a con-
fidential way on my next visit to Atlanta.
One afternoon, perhaps about the same
date as the above incident, a man,
answering the description Of the one
you saw down there, entered the
other hotel, the K;mball House, and regis
tered in the usual way, He informed the
clerk that he was not feeling well, did not
want any supper, would be glad TO have a
room at once. Quite early the next morning
the electric, alarm connected with the room
to which the stranger had been assigned
seemed 70 be unduly agitated. A boy was
at once set up, and returned saying that the
man up there was raising the devil about
somebody robbing him, and wanted 70 see
the proprietor Immediately. Some thief had
stolen bis trousers and all the money be had
about him. The boy hunted up Mr.. Scoyille
as soon as possible, and il took that gentle
man a good half hour 10 calm down his
guest and persuade him to accept a new
pair of trousers aud say NJ Lsing about 1t
Keep quiet, my dear sir only keep quiet ,
begged Mr.. Scoville. My house is full of
people, most of them having money and
valuables about them, aud if this we're TO
get out it would empty the house in day.
After time the new garments arrived, and
as Scoyille came down stairs with the man
before breakfast they first walked into the
office, where $3.50. the amount claimed to
have been in the stolen trousers. was
counted out and placed in the latters hand
with the request, many times repeated ::
Don't say anything about this, for Heavens
sike.
About 10 o'clock the same morning, as il
was -afterward learned, the gentleman who
had dined at the Markham HOuse the day
previous, came Tito the Office OF that hotel,
and, with whitening glance at the clerk,
handed him 81 and called for bundle that
he had left there. The clerk meekly received
the money. delivered the bundle, containing
one PAIR of trousers, and the stranger went
straight to the depot, where he bought q
ticket and departed for distant city.
Quite naturally, Mr.. Scoville used every
effort to discover the thief who had robbed
one of his guests, and having no success, he
after time related the story conidentially
TO Mr.. Huff, of the Mark ham House, hoping
for little advice. HUH had been little
ashamed of himself for refusing to trust a
man who so promptly parted with his APP
parel, and wno So promptly paid up next
day. But Scoville's story set him 10 think
ing, and in comparing notes they came 10
the conclusion that the man you saw down
there was sharper. They also concluded 10
say nothing about it; but such things done
keep worth cent, you know"