Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-09
AN UNFORTUNATE DUDE.
His Adventure in n Stage While Thre
Charming Maidens Looked On.

Charming Maidens Looked oh.
New York Times.
A dude OF the most ViruleDt type II
was that sauntered down Broadway
yesterday noon, admired of gods and
men. He wore silken tile with
broad and curling brim; short top
coat of spring-time texture and hue;
terra-cotla gloves with embroidered
backs, and trousers little wider than
laih. He carried a slender walking
stick with crooked handle; he wore
the daintiest red rose in his buttonhole,
aud tripped gayly southward.
"A yellow omnibus bowling down
ward toward the ferries overlook him,
and when the dude gazed therein he
beheld three charming naidens, who
seemed to smile upon him. and he
marked them for his own. The dude
hailed the omnibus, entered 1t, knock
ed the top of his hat in while walking
past fat passenger and telegraph
boy up to the fare-boN, ana SAT down
by the front window. Then he glanc,,
ed toward the charming maidens ana
reached into the outside pocket
of his coat lor ms
fare. A shade of veXation passed over
his countenance, and he unbnttonen
the coat and went down into his waist
coat pockets, one after the other;;
Then his face turned u shade paler and
he Owed hurrledly into each OF ms
trousers pockets. Obviously tnere
were no results, for he tore OIL ms
gloves and again went through the
rockets of coat, waistcoat, and trousers,
and felt carefully in all the corners,
while the three charming maidehsi
the fat passenger, and the telegraph
boy began to find some difhcuity IN
restraining their smiles.
The dude turned an imploring Siahce
upon the fat passenger, but that person
made no sign, and then the victim
began another frantic search Tor tne
nee, ssary five cents. He hurriedly
diyed into his overcoat ana puiied
out from one pocket an embroidered
handkerchief and from the olher a
newspaper clipping about the Sociele
de |, Harmonic ball, and laid them on
the seat. H. next produced rom ms
waistcoat pocket two iead-penciis'
eight cigarets, a memorandum-pook,a
visiting card, "a toothpick, ana glove
buttoner. From the inside p0ckei VI
| his coat he took three letters, RUSSIAN
leather pocketbook, and TICKET 10
| the ArlOn ball, anu iuuou 'hS',
heap. Then he evolved penkniie, a
poeket.comb, bunch of keys, a silver
fruit-knife, a corkscrew, and cigaret,-
holder from his trousers. Next WIN
an expression of hopeless despair ana
hitter anguish, he reached mo ms
bin nocket and added to the collection
On nP The seat a revolver, and finally
dragged forth from his coattaii an9,ner
handkerchief with an em6roidef isa
monogram in the corner These tne
dnde regarded for several moments ~,
Win silent horror, and just then .he ,
driver thought il was time 10 ring .i, e
hell for his fare. The dude gave =
fri~htened start at the sound, put ms
nroperty back into his several pock sad
unconeern, pulled the strap, descenae .
ioftilv into the street, and bolted ih'o
The So. Nicholas Hotel without .op
single further glance at the thtee
"Ff / Mas a slim like that remark
ed the telegraph boy, gazing aiter ln'
, no fares down.town. I'd GIT ~
draucht an blow down"
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