Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-06-28

"Yes-Other women. You never
heard of a man losing anything"
| let the matter drop there, know.
ing that time would sooner or later
bring my revenge. 1t came sooner
than I expected. Mr.. Bowser took
his dress coat down to a tailor to
get a couple of new buttons sewed
on, and as he returned without it,
| observed:
"YOu are always finding fault
with the procrastinatIon of my
dressmaker. Your tailor doesn't
seem to be in any particular hurry"
"HowW
"Why, you were to bring that
coat back with YOU"
THAT coat Thunder ~
Mr.. Bowser turned pale and
sprang out Of his chair.
"Didn't lose it going down, did
your"
"I-I believe I-I-w
"YOu lett 1t on a street car when
you came up'"
"Yes.'
"Mr. Bowser, anybody careless
enough to leave an article OF value
IN street car deserves to lose it.
However, you took the number of
the car, presume|
"N-nOw
"You didn't. That shows what
sort of a person you are. Iester'
day when | went dowL after baby's
shoes | took car No. Ill. When |
returned took car SO. When |
went over to mothers took car 81.
The conductor had red hair. One
horse was brown and the other
black. The driver had cast in
his left eye. There were four wo'
men and five men in the car. We
passed two loads of ashes, one OF
dirt and an ice cream wagon. The
conductor wore No. s shoes and
was near.sighted. The street rail
ways contract to carry passengers,
Mr.. BOwser, not to act as guardians
for sapheads and children"
"Bnt Pl get it at the Office to
morrow" he slowly replied.
"Perhaps, but it is doubtful. As
you can't remember the number oI
the car they will laugh at the idea
and perhaps take you for an i'm
postOr."
He glared at me like a cageC
animal, and made no reply, and
confess that | almost hoped h'
would never recover the coat. III
did, however, after a couple o
days, and as he brought it home h'
looked at me with great Importance
aud said
"There is the difference, Mrs
Bowser. Had You lost anything
on the car it would have been los
forever. The street car peopl
we're even sending our messenger
to find me and restore my proper
ty."
One day a laboring man calle
at the side door and asked for tn
loan OF q spade for a few minutes
saying that he was at work nea
by; and he was so respectful thf
] hastened to accommodate hin
Two days later, Mr.. Bowser, vii
was working in the back yar'
wanted the spade, and | had to te
, him that | lent it. AS it was NJ
} to be found, the natural infere NJ
3 was that the borrower had not +
turned it.
"This is a pretty state of affairs
/ exclaimed Mr.. Bowser when |
had given up the search. "Tl
j longer some folks live, the less th
; seem to know"
. "But he looked honest"
"What of it! You had no bll'
ness to lend that spade"
> "I was sure he'd return it,
Z "Well, he didn't, and anyb OF
of sense would have kno@n
wouldn't. If somebody shou
come here and ask for the piano,
suppose you'd let it 90. Mrs. 30
10 ser, you'll never get over yo
; countrifed ways II you live TO be
" old as the hills. 1t Isn't the loss
u the spade 80 much, but 1t Is I
IL fact that the man thinks you a
D so green"
J. In the course of an hour fou
N the spade at the side steps, wh'
d the man had left it after using, l
y when | informed Mr.. boTser
& the fact he only grOwled:
:. "He brought it back because
D. probably heard me making II
about it and was afraid OF arrest
r. Two days later, as Mr.. Bow
n. sat on the front steps, a colol
man came up and asked to borr