Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-11-08
out ., sAs trunk ID tss clothes


Out Of NE trunk h mo s'o,Ass-
press. n eoarse."
"And you so and put On January
socks in Julyi You have six pairs of
clean cotioa socks In the lower drawer
~ the burean."
I'm bet yoa eioeso there isn't even
one pair there looked through every
drawer Eve times oFerf'
took him up and showed him the
socks. counting them oali pair by pair.
and b. looksd al me very seriously aud
observed,
'.rea. I see EN-. bat were they there
when looked for 'em9 How easy for
sou 70 have sneaked up and plaaed 'em
here an hour agog"
He had some wearing apparel which
he aid might sell 20 buy @onae toys
FOR The baby. got the clothes down
and went through every ponket twice
over. In Qna Of ths coats Eoalnd .
Focelpte8R1slii for twenty-slx doliars
worfh of ian.bar aaa 7 tara is On Mr..
BoW seF's deck. A man came for the
clothes and took them away. and throe
hours later. when Mr. Bowa.r came
home. ! told hlm - my bargain.
You got Iust half what he would
have paid mr. be- replied. aud tho
F subject was dropped for bali an hour.
Then ego ~ sudden ho jumped up
and pNciAlmsd
You've lnally done il. just a. ! ex-
I prrisd yuu would
'puue whats"
Il remember that I lrft o. valuable
pap'r lu that brown coat n va. a
+ rereIpi-d lumber bin and the mag
send thc hiII again nny day
II looked Iu the pusk,ts."
/ 'Oh. ycs. y0u locked Nuu looked
. just lik, amy other wife who Wa lea a
hurry tn get the elothe- out 81 ths
/ house and the money iu hsr hand.
f went aud got the receipt and a-kc'l
him u that wa thr one. H. yrudg-
ingly admitted that IL va. and added
n presume tho old clio man found and
returned IT, must rcward him ior HE
honesty"
NJ Bovscr came do~n Tho other
morning with h,s vest open When I
laughed ~ hi. ah-cut-mindednss he
replied
MIR Bow-rr. want you to lee my
clothes alone hrrraftcr''
But I haven't toprhrd them"
Perhaps 70 was ihs cat Perhaps
che cat wanted plecr of cloth and rut
it out Of my vest bark
No one bat Won has touched that
vest"
Then why has it grown 30 small all
~ -uddeh that ! can't button itP
+ There's some very queer work In this
house. Mr.. BbW-cr
1 mgv-tI gated and found that ho had
+ drawn thr strap to the last inch aud
buckIoi BE- fast but BE- would admit
/ nothing On the contrary, he observed
that -omr bahirs were too cate and
cunning tn ever gruR up
Mr. Bow-er took Eve dollars from his
wallet and handed IL 60 nae with tho
remark.
The mau won't probably come with
thc cats u1til have gone in the
. morning Take this and pay him. "
. N.Nt morning De- sat down 10 break.
o-t looking -p very -ol.r that |
a-kcd.
Are ,ou sick. M Bowsery'
Il uHght a. bs when people are
robbed they arr generally made sick. y
Have you hr,n robhedF'
| II have"
"Whsns"
Last night"
"Tor mercy sake bat ara some one
get tntn orr huu-eP'
n 90 not know when I vent "a
hrd la-i night had si5 in ny wallet
. Thi- morning have ou.y ejn"
"Nou don't -8y''
"lt scrm. very quosr 90 me. Mrs
BaUser lfyau wsnt money, why don
you ask fpr IiF'
You don't think Z took your money.
do youa'
"its very mysterious"
w hL, say. A"n gave me that hve
foe ths frrd man.
M Bpwarr'- cuuntrnancc foll lusi
twenty inches Ca The next two -cc.
ond-, and iH his confusion be- agreed
that the money was now accounted tor
an right However. on Second thought
ia uissr-yedl
n will overlook it this time. Mrs
Bow -"r, bat don't presume upon ny
-ood nature in futurer' Bfrol Fr,,
FrCss.