Telegram-herald., 1889-11-22

HERALD, FRIDi
nv hsl8 BE saiA sieaa saa ss'h thee
~osds BE tusnea. crossed ths atfest. srsd
'limbed up b ths elesslra railroad Star
1on.
Arriving ~ ne Hpasson Street station
he aescenaea a. ths street st<ediss =
uloluent. hs said ia vpft ep %
Cooper instltate oa thss s4ds soa thsn
to~ "a on gis ether
IL pat hss pfoieot luto elect ~ "nee
Il ls no paffsase II car story = tsh Ia
detail hls search. suffice Il - say. his
experiences were commonplace. consist
ing - entering store. producing The
slip IT cloth and asking n they had a suit
II clothes Il that material When urged
b buy others equally a. good and of the
same Quality--as be invariably ~as-~hls
answer vas that he wanted the sult ~
sort % uuifofm-
YEARLY be traversed both sides Of the
thoroughfare between Houston street
and the Cooper institute, and, indeed al
that part Of the Bowery on the east side
As far down as Chatham square.
About half way up on the west side
be entered store and preferred his re-
quest a. usual
The clerk waiting on him examined
the piece carefully.
No. lie said, 1--WE have no cloth Of
that kind, but, and he hesitated, much
70 Toms impatience. Il think If you
will go down into Fulton street you will
find IL. A dealer bought all there was in
the market OF this kind | have brother
employed there, and if | 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
10 look al the suits
The clerk smiled and said: Another
OF the T. S. It's. heyI"
Tom did not know what the q. S. T.'s
were, but be 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
il; 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
committee came in, looked over the
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 a hundred
suits right down. Since then twenty-eight
have come in. You make the twenty
ninth. | suppose there'n be more in
before we close to-night-that is, if you
have got more than one hundred and
twenty-nine 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?
long TO the Z. S. T.'s."
Tom frightened up.
1--WE ought to get on to him and make
him go with u.s."
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 1 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"
Eyes, by thunder! That's Just like
his pranks. See here, did he get suit a
size too large for him and didn't buy the
vest?"
"Well, no, 1 can't recollect that, and |
/ don't think-I 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. I 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 recollectY
Il 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 one.
''It was on the 18TH in the afternoon.
Five days before the murder, "
thought Tom.
Aloud 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. II think
will dine well and at the expense of the
paper
CHAPTER XN.
THE SHADOW OvRRHFARs SOMETHING on