San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-12-07

as far down as Chatham square.
About half way up on the west side
he entered a store and preferred his re-
quest as usual.
The clerk waiting on him examined
the piece carefully.
mo" he said, 1--WE have no cloth of
that kind, but" and he hesitated, much
to Toms Impotence. 81 think if you
will go down into Fulton street you will
find it. A dealer bought all there was in
the market of this kind. / have a brother
employed there, and if l am not mis-
taken this is the kind of cloth"
Tom took the address and the name of
the mans brother.
Arriving at this store he inquired for
the clerk whose name he had obtained;
he produced his piece of cloth and asked
to look at the suits.
The clerk smiled and said: Another
of the U. S. It's, hey?'
Tom did not know what the U. S. It's
| were, but he assented.
The clerk was very chatty.
As he laid out the suits he said:
|. 1--WE laughed when the boss bought
all there was of this cloth in the market
and thought he would make a mess of
it; but he knew what he was about,
| after all
Evidently" said Tom, encouragingly.
LET me get your waist measure. Yes,
these pants will fit you. The very first
day we got them on the counter your
~,
stock and lit on this lot. They'll be
just the thing for our clam bake said
they"
"Oh, it's clam bake am going on,
is it," thought Tom.
"Let me take your chest measure.
Here's the coat. You will have a fine
day tomorrow from the looks of today"
Tom assented.
"They gave an order for hundred
suits right down. Since then twenty-eight
have come in. You make the twenty
ninth. l suppose there'n be more in
before we close to-night-that is, if you
have got more than one hundred and
Twenty-Five members. We will work
the stock off pretty we'll"
Tom now had basis for proceeding
and tried to stop the flow of talk.
"Have you sold the same clothes to
any one else?"
"Just one suit that know didn't be.
long to the U. S. Us"
Tom frightened up.
"We ought to get on to him and make
him go with us.
That's what you ought to do"
"Can you recollect the sort of fellow
he was?"
"Well. sir, that's pretty hard to do"
by thunder! I'll bet know who it
is. Tall fellow, slim, dark haired, dark
eyes, handsome, swellish-kind O. dud-
ish fellow"
"Well. that does kind O answer to
him."
"Yes, by thunder! That's just like
his pranks. See here, did he get a suit a
size too large for him and didn't buy the
vest?"
"Well, no, can't recollect that, and
don't Think know we sold vest with
every suit. You see it would cost the
same whether they took the vest or not. :"
IF he was up to the game think he
was, it wouldn't make any difference
about the price. say, would you rec
ollect his face if you saw photograph
of him.
81 think it likely, SIR"
"What day did you sell it to him, can
you recollect?"
II can tell by looking at the sales
slips; always keep the slips"
"Do, please"
The clerk went off and returned with
handful of papers. Looking them over
he finally extracted ole.
sit was on the 18th, in the afternoon.
Give days before the murder"
thought Tom.
AloUl he said: "Thank you. am on
to him. Please send these clothes to No.
LOO East Thirty-first street. I'll pay
you for them now"
'This is such good days work" said
he, when out on the street, 81 think ]
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