Telegram-herald., 1891-03-07
SWnNDLED THE TAILOR
a scssSsk4T c. T-g GOOSE rtLlS
Or ssOa f4s Mas TRAcsso.

EeRSs SS< Gave htn1 thS >t@yls h.st-
A C~s2tsrfe4tsE kAxs@ss~S Rr~Ss<ss
~iIh nasa ne S0AtsrsasaAss Fa~y~d
IAs sllsks~s Hrsss ~ Ala
Wei. I've bsA n basaess . god
EGny years. ssit a fashionable tslloz.
'zao I've met some seTy qsAssr customers
ln the eocrse of lay exEens0oe. Have
ever t~el beaten WY. q oaurse have.
Every man ia ny business IS boand -
UeSE with nen who sHla3le him Ia one
~ay ~ 4n0ther don't tAinz however.
kaYs LIST great es4t az motley IN late
yes-rs- Before l So gp ia bcs.ness foT
ulyself ! represented large h0use IA al
other cary. came here ana made quite
trade among LAs clerks Ia the depart
ments. / used 4 cal Upon them ~ their
offices with nly booz ~ sZ.aflss. and -
Pfa pretty fsir talk@r managed Ia geI
good many orders use1 q give them
credit. sn. | al SAY ous thiag for the
pabuc department clerks, and that Is t3lat
lost very Lttle money by them. used
10 have - Wit G goo. while sometimes,
but they generally I'D me IL full.
TWO s.NFIg cAsEs.
bat yoa want 70 know about the
beats Wen, one of tie worst / ever
knew was a fellow who was here for
come time as - newspaper msa. lie Mas
on a local paper. and 1t was, after I had
gone intO business for myss(f that met
him. lie came into Iny store one day
with two or three wei E7hown business
,rcs,,s, ,~,.r, ..rl,ls. t-,f4. a IA ..-.,--.9 A
Tor long time. One of the party, a
banker ordered a 500 uit, and meas
ured him while the o6ne rs chaffed hir
and examined my stock. About anhc
afrerward tnis news Dans IN rettr
and said that he woE' IL
q suit for lam of ne ST. 6ot1a +eie1lfd
by his friend | pre%a1 ne vas ~ I
right tooA MS measure. r.Ede tae snl..
sent il 10 his address and waited for
him to come and settle BCt he never
did, and in a short tine e slipped out ot
town. That was d. JOS - me.
That wasn't as iaa for. yer as
trick that was subseq a--.--y Played upon
me- A tall, fine looking gentleman came
IN one day. and after looking over my
stock selected piece of the most expen-
sive goods and ordered Il suit TO be made
from it. He wanted the suit finished IN
three days. is he was going 70 leave the
city. He was On his way south. he SAID,
and had already spent more time than
he had intended He was very polite
and appeared to be man of means. He
was also particular as to the cut and
style of the coat and vest, insisting upon
a collar to the latter. although the style
was without one. Well, put off some
other work and completed his suit with
in the time agreed upon, and sent 1t TO
his hotel about dusk with the bill-$S0.
The man brought back the money, four
$50 bills, and put this in TIE safe and
went home. The next day when / sent
my deposit TO the bank those four SEQ
bills were returned marked counterfeit
Well, perhaps | wasn't mad. l sent
down 70 the hotel, but of course the man
had gone. l placed the matter In the
hands of the detectives, but they failed
to find the swindler. Many years after
ward saw his picture In rogues' gal
lerv. and learned that he was one of the
most expert counterfeiters in the coun-
try. / think he is now in western PEN
itentiary, but it was long time before
the government officers captured and
convicted him.
QUESTION OF EXPANSION.
lone of the funniest swindles ever
played upon me was by government
clerk, who was brought to me by the l
chief Of his division, for whom | had
made clothes for years measured the
man myself, and was particularly care
full about the shoulders and cnest, as |
pride myself upon the Fit of my coats.
sent the snit 10 his boarding house on
Saturday night, acd the next Monday
morning, bright and early, he was down
to the store very much enraged because
the coat and vest didn't fit him. He
said the trousers were all right, but the
coat and yes. were altogether too small.
| sent up for the garments and com
pared their measurements with those /
had marked on the books and found that
they corresponded exactly; so | wrote a
note asking him to call in after his Of
fee was out in the evening. He did so.
and / asked him to try on the coat and
vest. He went into the back part of the
store, and when he came forward with
the garments on they would not meet by
at least three inches. was nonplussed.
| was certain that had made the correct
measurements, but there was the man,
and the coat and vest evidently didn't
6t | offered to make him others, but
he was mad and wouldn't have it. He
paid me for the trousers AID was going
to leave the coat and vest on my hands.
Just IA he was going ont Of the door
be turned and said Re was sorry that I'd
made such blunder, for he liked the
goods. He added in reflective sort of
a way that he might split UP the back
Of the vest and set q piece IN so that ne
could button that. bat that the coat
would always have 10 stay open. Final
ly he said he'd give me so for the gar
ments. the price of which was s3j. |
told him | would prefer TO make him a
new coat and vest. but he woaldn't have
t. and finally, rather than run the
risk II not getting rid Of the garments
81 sll let him have them for go About
, week after | saw him at the theatre
with the coat buttoned over his chest
It was a Prince Aibert-and fitting him
beautifully couldn't understand it
cntil was told that he had formerly
been a contortion4st. and had the power
70 throw cot his chest far bsyond it's
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