The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-27

wearing. was sure tnaE the man l nau
seen swimming out to sea was the man
wanted l found him in low public
house. He was surrounded by a lot of
rowdy looking fellows, and was telling
them about the very affair of the change
of clothes. Eyes, heard him say as /
entered, sit was one of the downiest
tricks ] ever heard of, and I've come
across a good deal in my time. =
$50 you ave, Bill ear, ear" they
choTased approvingly.
He was got up just ike i'm, yer know;
Just the same kind Of toys, watch chain,
and everythink."
Il suppose the watch he left behind
WASH worth much" observed one Of the
listeners
sWot DO you Think replied the Cock
nay contenlptuousIy. In course it
wasn't, no fear Of that. But, lord, you
should have heard the other a-cussin'
and a-swearin; seems as how he'd some
think valuable in his pockets, If he
comes across that downy card he'll make
it 'ot for i'm. But, Lord bless you, he's
safe again in WhitechapeI, e is"
/ thought had better come forward
here. and I locked as fierce as I could.
and sternIy asked him If he knew where
the man was who had taken my clothes.
Instead Of answering he burst into a
roar of laughter, ia which all his friends
Joined.
Took your clothes, he gasped; 'scome
now, that's good 'un, that is
l believe to this day he thinks that
there WAS what he would cali ssplant .
With a half hours interval for re-
freshmenfs did nothing till o'clock
Ia the afternoon. There was no end of
:. blue serge suits. Every third person
seemed to be wearing one. But some OF
the wearers were too tall. few were too
short, some were too fat, and SO on. At
last | saw a man whose clothes | was
sure / could wear if | tried. He was
walking very fast down the parade, and
with my tight boots it wasn't pleasant TO
Try to follow him. When came up
with him he was sitting on bench. I
said very mildly, Excuse me, sir, but
did you take battle in the sea this morn
mgs''
Yes, did, . he replied; "what of its1
II only asked" | continued, she
cause But here Young lady came
up and touched him on the shoulder
II am awfully sorry to be SO late, Ber-
tie. she said.
He got up and went away without
waiting to hear what was saying. At
first thought ought to follow him.
for | felt sure l could recognize my
own suit. But / didn't like TO, either;
and then it struck me that, if he had
been the man, he would have noticed
that was dressed in blue, too. He
would have been quite as anxious as |
{ was to get into his own clothes. Then
the word Berthe Ipulled out the tele-
gram; it was addressed TO &C. Lambert, I.
ANA here an idea came to my relief. The
telegram said, .sWill come by 5 p. M
train" would go the station and wait
for the train. Mr. Lambert would be
there to keep his appointment, and SO I
would find him. I was quite proud of
s this idea, and it was followed by anoth-
er, Clara was, of course, the young
lady whose portrait was in the locket I
was wearing. would look out for her,
and she, of course, would be looking out
for him, and just as they were over the
first ecstasies of meeting would step up
gently and say: my clothes, sir, if you
please. spent the quarter of an hour
! had TO wait at the station in looking at
8 Clara'ss portrait, SO as to be sure I
should know her when she came But
she didn't come-at least I didn't see
her. waited in the station till every
body had gone away who had come
y IN by the 8 p. M. train. l saw no one
who reaenabIed at all the young lady Of
tire locket. Just as / was going away a
man spoke to me.
You were ex pecting some one by this
train, sir he said.
Well, yes, said; 'sthat is, IT,
VIII you follow me. sirY', he said.
4 with . mysterious air. | hesitated a
ncment II was evident he was going
to take me TO the Clara Of the telegram;
ought to 80? thought that this at any
{ rate would bring nae into some connec-
tioa with Mr.. Lambert, whoever lie was,
and SO lead to getting back my ciothes
and my aunt's eer rings.
Lead on said. The situation seem
edt6 be getting quite romantic. Here
: was I, steady, respectable man Of 81,
( going to keep an appointment with a
fsns~ and beautiful girl The ONLY
thing was, what would she say when she
& found that / was the wrong man? She
would probably be very much FRIGHT
ened and would then say dramatically