The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-04
In that miserable, wretched. decep.
two. useless thing in the trousers called
a watch pocket"

'Why-no-TOm, ] didn t--I-I"-
She burst into tears. and sat down with
her apron over her face. stakcd into
another room. and banged the door very
hard. OPENED it softly in less than
three minutes, and--wcll. we made il all
up again, although we were still very sober
over our loss
My wife said she would do without a
great many things that she never did do
without, and tried 20 take an optimistic
view of the affair, and said meckly and
untruthfully that ! supposed 1t was oil
for the best To make matters little
worse. | drew from my pocket a large
square. elegant looking envelope. and
said TO my wife
And here's an invitation TO the much
talked Of Smythe Durant wedding next
week. and really would like to 90 I've
I known Helen Durant all her life and /
IKE Der, II do despise that spob Of q
George Smythe she is going to marry.
I'm 50 sorry, said my wife contritely.
and here we might have gone rs well as
7 not If ! hadn't sold your only black suit.
II did look real nice, and quite as good as
/ new dare say by lampHght could
have worn my wedding dress. and We
| could have made very decent appear
ance It is too bad
She began crying again said would
/ 90 away and never come back if she didn't
stop Suddenly ':e jumped to her feet
and said oxcitcdly
"Why. Tom how foolish we arel 1t
isn't at all likely that old Issacs has sold
! the suit yet. and it may be that he hasn't
looked in the pockets Let Us hurry right
down TO his store and buy It back. We
can tell him it was mistake rs it truly
was. Let MS hurry right or
We reached the uninviting store Of B
lsaac5 dealer IN second band and msht
garments. i'm about Fifteen minutes. but
the suit was gonc'
u haf just sold it no more rs drec min
utcs and halluf ago II vas not worth
much makes me no moneys on dot suit
II wood not Wit a man dot Ways any ding
at all
raced angrily ont Of the store. well,
! sand. as we walked modify homcward
"Im not the only hundred round six
footcr in this town That S evident III
keep my eve Ola the other living skeletons,
and IL find the one who has my trousers /
l'lI have them back again by fair means /
or foul
kept a sharp lookout for lean men dur. /,
ing the next week, amt w9s sratilied to /
discover that there were fifteen or twenty +
IN the city as lean a. myself but all of /
them were saved the humiliation of being 1
informed by me that they were wearing 4
my clothes n humiliation that might not, !
perhaps, have been lesscued 10y the offer /
OF twenty-five hat intended making for
their return
As the evening for the wedding before
referred to drew near our desire to at.
tend it increased. and at last said TO my
wife.
We'll, just cannot afford to get me
another lull dress suit that might not
need again for ten years. And I'll stay at
home forever and wear rags and tags be
fore III wear hired suit But we can,
at least, 60 to the church 1t is to be
church wedding. YOU know, and can
wear any ordinary business suit and over
coat to the church-if don't lind the man
who has my clothes.
Bat did not find him, and we went
early down to the church. that we might
be first there. and our lack of festive gar
mcuts less noticeable
If il wasn't for Helen ! wouldn't 90 at
ALL ] said as we sat in the church await
ing the coming of the bridal party Il
cannot endure Smythe He thinks him
self vastly superior 90 me, and makes me
sick with his talk about fashions and best
society and all that 1t makes me SO mad
TO be told, as often am. that be looks
Ike me. know I'm long and iank, but
he
"Sh-sh-sh" whispered my wife; they're
coming"
With such houris hing Of trumpets."
whispered in reply
Down they came in tie broad center
lisle-five bridesmaids with gorgeous pink
md lavender and blue and cream and car
linal trains; five best mon" in ugly black :
garments. and, last Of all. Helen, with
Yards and yards of white satin and tulle
and lace, and Smvthe in clutched at {
ny Wiie's arm and almost shouted in her I
.ar.
No has on my wedding suit, as sure as
-ou re living woman
Mary Jane gave my arm an awful pinch |
II rcturn and an aduouishng poke in the ,
tide with her fan.
No my dear" said, as we walked
mistaken Those were my clothes !
would know those trousers if ] saw them o
N iiottcutot Didn't you detect faint c
,dor Of gasoline as he went by our pewI TO b
hink, my dear. that | cannot go to the a
most fashionable wedding Of the season p
because the Bridegroom has on my clothes I
}ut if had gone he'd had to have stayed h
Il home wouldn't hc? Lean rs we are l.
We cOuldn't both have worn those il
"I!ow perfectly ridiculous you are, in -
erruptcd Mary Jane. Il don't feel at all
urc that they were your clothes.
and II they were how are we going TO
OF that $50 bill ont of that pockc;| i
We didn't get it. But thy were my 81
lothes gave old lsaacs dollar for -
cling me that he had sold the suit to :,
mythe, who had sworn lsadcs to secrecy -
II the subject. He looked heart broken y
nd turned green when told him about -
hat $50 bill L } H. III Detroit Free y,
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