The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-10-17
Tho Story OF a Coat.

CGsarv' said |. He started. to carry
me into his store. Is it possible,
thought !, that he has mistaken me for
his clothing store dummy, and is TAX
ing me in out Of the wetp Before |
knew where was, he had dragged me
into his lair, where there were two
more men, who looked so much like
him that the three might have been
taken for twins. | thought Of Daniel
in the lions den. was representing
Daniel in the tableau. Like Daniel, l
was taken for profit.
Did you ever notice how those Day.
export brothers, of spiritualistic fame,
got their coats off and on in two turns
and one notion Well, that's the way,
only faster, that my old coat came off
and q new one went on.
"Oh, amt he cunningP" said one of
them, referring to my improved APP
pearance.
Don't you want to puy dot goat for
sewing tollarsP"
really didn't need any coat, but on
examining it / found the cloth was the
finest had ever seen. 1t was really a
500 coat.
examined the coat once more. The
garment was Of the very best cloth.
Then asked myself; Is it right for me
to take advantage of the mistake of
these unfortunate kraelites, who are
strangers in strange land? May be
they are just starting out in business,
and perhaps they have families depend
ent upon them for support On the
other hand, business is business. 1t is
for them to look out for their own in
terests. If they see proper to sell me
$40 coat for 81, why should | pre-
sumo 10 dictate to perfect strangers
about their business affairs? reluc-
family consented to buy the garment.
/ handed out 81, which they accepted
without any hesitation, which surprised
me, as | expected them to back out |
backed out as soon as they wrapped up
my purchase. 1t was so kind in them
to wrap up the coat for me considering
how little money they got for it. When
| got into the street with the bundle
under my arm felt as if had stolen
| it. Ny conscience troubled me so that
took the bundle back to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob and told them that
there must DC some mistake about the
coat They became very indignant,
and, not only refused to take it back.
but actually pushed me out into the
street with as much cordially as
they had formerly shown in pulling me
| in.
/ hurried off with my precious bar
gain, which the partner of my joys I'M
wrapped.
"fs this the coat you paid 81 for? I
asked my wife, holding up wretched,
shoddy garment l had never seen be-
fore, or behind either.
mo, no." | stammered; that's no,
the coat. The Jew has wrapped up the
wrong coat by mistake"
| well, then, take it back to them,
and tell them that they have made a
mistake, and get your money back"
did take the bundle back to them,
but they said there was no mistake.
They would not listen to me. The
children INDUCED in unseemly lovity.
The coat has since been cut up for dish
rags.
A few days after my Chatham ex-
perience | met Sykes. He has lived in
New York all his life, and knows ev-
erything about the city. He said: 81
know those identical lsraelites. Lord,
how they hate me. can pass there a
thousand times day, and they will
never try to sell me coat for 81. They
tried once and | got away with the
coat. You see, knew all about the
trick of wrapping up the wrong coat.
They fitted me with n coat that was
really worth twenty dollars, the finest
kind of coat, and then after had
tried it on, and found it fitted, they
wanted me to take it off. refused to
cooperate. | would not let them take
the coat off. Abraham tried to pull il
of, and hit him fearful whack on
the nose. nearly knocked it of. 1t is
crooked yet. Then Jacob ran to the
door and called Bodice! Bolice' A
policeman came running with his
tongue hanging cut. | happened TO
know him. His name is Mike Sullivan.
He is q whole-souled Irishman. We
belong to the same lodge. He dubbed
Abraham and Isaac all over the store,
while | got Jacob over dry goods box
and padded him good with piece OF
the cover.
policeman Sullivan ran all three Is
raelitcs in, and Judge Donahue, anoth-
er chum of mine, a whole-souled, noble
Irishman, by the way---you ought to
know him, I'll introduce you some day
he fined Abraham, whose nose dis.
located, $40, and Isaac, whom Sullivan
dubbed, got $40, and Jacob, whom
padded with the piece of shoe-box,
got ten days for resisting an officer in
the discharge of his duty. And | goi
away with the $40 coat, and the best
of it was that l didn't pay the 81, so
got the $40 coat for nothing. When
ever / pass their store" continued
Sykes, "and any of them are standing
in the door, | shake my hand, and say
Abraham, don't you want to puy q
goat for sewing tollarsP' "-A'er. D.