Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-24

eSg/i stopping .hor.
N2-~Sy.f1 much to the
Al smusement Of
w Jas-rsby: that
!. an idea. Ia - sure. I'll L. hanged "
I don't try a.
Sow the idea which had struck Tom
with =, much force grew out ~ the fact
that be- had h-,n boihcr-d to know bos
he could ilcui,iy hi, man. after be had
found vhcrv a suii II clo,he, u the Kind
- cloth a simple ~ which b. had IN hi.
t.ckci had i--rn purchased While -
volying many srhcms, IN hts mind. be
hal -.n In the windows ~ store q
numlsr ~ photographic cameras for the
u.c ~ amatcur.
Tie tloughi flashed over his mind that
be- could have picture taken ~ Foam.
tain. unknown io that gvntlcman
rom hal q friend engaged as q lradct
writer on thr InT--f on Shich hc ~as
-nplny.i Who hal b-cn greatly taken
by the amateur photographic crazr. AMI
Sho hal l--ume quite proficient IN max.
ing instantaneous p,cturvs
Firrl " ilh ihi. ilca Tom pushed his
~ay mpiil, tn Printing llous" square,
AMI drniTang into place which Was At
oncc an eating huusc and a l--f sllo-on.
and where be- Was .n the habit ~ mc't.
ing his shadow. summoned a messenger
whom b. s.'n, o. his friend requesting ,o
49, him Immediately.
L a A.
"a, thcrc. deeply interested w the study
81 the ,ariou, advertisements ~ the rail
r,s,d line. hanging on th. walls. With a
sandwich IN one hani. a mug of l--.r in
the other. and ono eve on Tom.
SEEING Tom nci to him. be walked
over.
We'll. aid Tom. what news"
"Out man--ii was one 70 the T-rcu.
iiaritie. ~ tie shadow that b. never
mentioned a name unless directly asked
fof it-"Ouf mAn hal father once, but
be- has b-cn dead almos, a. many years
a. oar man has livcl"
In other words said Tom. ''the
father dis,i when the son was young"
"wh-n be- was a baby not two year.
oil
Who bruugh, him up
Ills mother She lived with him up
In Putnam county. coming here into the
city In the winter She lived very quiet.
never wen, Out anywhere. brought the
loy up wsll. 'cldicaiei' him and then
dicd. jusi after be was Of age Ryur
since BE- has liVci a. wc know him. She
lefi him little property Cues from
all can hear be has about lived u up
"iiow did be- gc, into this swell -cty'
"Don't know, but guess ihrough his
-rhoolmatcs
Probably. Well. 10 isn't much. and
What there u make. him all the more
mysterious.
At thi. moment hls friend came
Hello. old toy" cried Tom, have
t-,r' No. IN hurry, bey' How soon
will you H. or
''In alOni thr.. hours" was the reply
''s-c here. old fellow. want you todo
M favor. lwani the picture % a man
taken on the sly."
Ills friend was delighted Ia do IL,
would DO u that very day II hs could
End the rerSon.
Tom called the Shadow up and told
him Ia take the gentleman To the mos,
likely place where Fountain could bs
found and taken unols-erNe'i.
III you don't take him today take him
tomorrow"
lie then hurried Of. A. he turneI
into Chatham street he thought that he
would no, lose time by trying the stores
In that thoroughfare. for u would h.
quite unlikely that his man would come
~ far down town as Chatham street
The Bowery. and the upper part Of it.
Is INV field. hs said aloud. and with tbc-e
words he turned. crossed the street, aud
elinlbcd up 10 he elevated railroad sta
ton
Arriving at the Houston Street station
he descended TO the street. Standing
moment. be saidi "I'll work up To
Cooper Institute on this side and then
down on tie other"
lie put his project into effect at once.
Il l. no purrose Of our story to tell In
detail his search Suffice u tn say, his
experiences were commonplace, consist.
ing of entering n store. producing the
slip of cloth and asking u they had suit
Of clothes Of that material When urged
io buy other, equally As good and Of the
same quality he invariably was-his
answer was that he wanted the suit IN
sort of uniform
wearily he traversej both sides % the
tboroughfare between Houston street
and the Cooper institute. and, indeed all
that part of the Ilowery on the east side
a. far down as Chatham square.
About half way up on the west side
he entered store and preferred his re
quest as usual.
The clerk waiting on him examined
the piece carefully.
"No,- he aid. I'VE have no cloth of
tina, kind. but and he hesitated. much
10 TOMS impatience. II think u YOU
will 20 down into Fulton street you will
find IL. A dealer bought all there was In
the market az this kind. lhave brother
employed there. and u ! am not mis-
taken this 1. 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 ut the suita
The clerk smiled and said; "Another
Of the U. 8. T.'s. heyf
Tom did nos know what the U. & T.s
were. but he assented.
The clerk Was very chatty.
Al lie laid out the suits he aid,
.we laughed when the 'bo~s' bought
al there was OF this cloth In the market.
and thought he would make mes Of
d; but hs knsw What hs was about.
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