Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-23
WOMAN AND a PURSE.
TRIBuLATlons or A PRETTY WON
ANS PocxETBooK.

ANS POCKETBOOK.
Hers Il Detailed List Of the number
Of Times One Pocket5ook was s.1.oss.
strsyed or Stolen" in the short Space Of
. Few Months Ludicrous Hishaps-
It Il a great combination woman
md her pocketboolz II serves AZ q source
Of never firing satire in masculine circles |
and Of never falling anxiety IN feminine
ones.
have been looking mp the history Of Just
one pocketbook 1.-THE pccketbcok-- lis |
RELOCATED to the past now. hut while it was
In known existence it had lively expert
ence. 1t was a handsome pocketbook. dark
blue. almost black. sezlfskin, with corners
and claps Of solid silver. There was no
sham about it anywhere II had one piece
of leather for the outside, and the pockets
were made Of one continuous piece OF kid
The owner was very proud Of its beauty
She had no pocket In her dresses Fashion
had not provided for pockets in several
years. and this pocketbook was too hand
some anyhow TO hide IN pocket So she
carried it In her hand
1t commenced its eyentfiii career By dis
appearing one morning whiIcsh was dress
ing to go out. She was sure she saw it on
the dresser few minutes before, hut it had
dropped out Of sight, and no amount Of
searching could find it. Three weeks after
ward one Of the drawers to the dresser re
fused to shut. She finally took il out en-
I. tireiy to investigate it's obstinacy, and there
back in the corner was the beautiful peck
etbook 1t had evidently been standing On
end and had fallen down and thus exposed
its hiding place. II was like meeting IN
old friend She determined to do different
/ ly In the future.
Ii She had some pockets in her Goats She
formed the habit Of placing It in hide
pocket. where she could easily feel 1t with
her hand One day she was walking along
/ the street, and at the corner Of q crowded
thoroughfare she vas jostled by number
of men She felt indignant that they should
want the space that she was occupying in
passing and flashed glance Of rebuke at
them. but they seemed so perfectly uncon
scious Of her proximity that she soon for
got the annoyance
About two hours afterxard she wanted
TO use her pocketbook 1t was gone She
went over the ground she had traversed
since she remembered using it. but it WAS
nos to be found It then occurred to her
that the jostling OF those rough men meant
that they bad taken her pocketbook The
next day she received q note asking her to
cab at certain large business building and
ask for the head engineer. that he had
something OF importance to communicate
to her. The one important thing with her
Just then was her pocketbook- She went
Immediately. And there il was Il bad
the cards and some checks. inst the same
with the ready money taken ont The
pickpockefs had rnn through AZ alley, and
had had the kindness to raise screen tina:
protected an open skyiight and drop the
purse into the engine room of the building
almost into the engineers hands.
She lost faith in pocketsi She decided
that. after all. it was best to carry the peck
etbook in the hand She would keep bel
mind on it and there would be danger Of
leaving it or having it stolen For quite .
while it skinned along without anything
happening to it, excepting that her friends
were getting initiated into watching 1t and
, were continually handing it to her.
She took trip west and placed the sea
and silver com animation in a little chatelain,
, bag. OTthe train the bag WAS in the way
, She unfas:ened it from her belt and placet
it back of her on the seat. She change
cars a. a junction, and in the hurry left thu
, little satcnel in its resting place 1t con
tanned her passes and keys and some money
but not all that she had with her Sh
telegraphed to the conductor of the train
! She received the bag and contents aboa
two weeks afterward.
|, Satchels and pockets were alike for dan
ger. and again she decided that the ham
was the safest place She could renlembe
it there, and it seemed TO be taking care Q
itself And it did take care Of itself mos
successfully in a chair in the parlor Of
: large hotel for an hour one day. with peopl
|, coming and going all the time Its varioa
experiences were teaching il something Q
the world.
: One day she was on crowded steamer
The wind on one side Of the deck becarl
disagreeable and she changed to the cthe
: side. In about half an hour she discoveTe
!. that she had left her pockeibook in Ia
other seat She few around the cornel
: sure that this was the last time she coul
!, lose that pocketbook- But 10. there
was A lovely. elderly lady and her hu.
3, band were taking care of it for her. The
: were strangers TO her, but had found hs
name and address inside the purse
Then one night this pretty little affai
! took a sort of fiendish revenge on her Il
' her carelessness or observation-disclosures {
: whatever it was She went to reception
: In donning dress that she had worn Sc
|. eral times she discovered that her dres
maker had put pocket IN one of the bac
seams. 1t was a great surprise, and Il
once she would not have to worry aboI
her pocketbook- She placed it in Il
ie pocket, burtoned it in securely with 4
ne blind fastening and for once threw of q
u care of it, While she and her husbau
II were waiting for their carriage one Of Il
; ladies, whom she had met for the first tin
re that night, came up in great distress AT
said: Il have lost my poeketbOok- put
y down somewhere while | was adjusting n
hat, and it is gone
c Her husband volunteered MS service
~ and she waited patiently for some tin
4 with two or three other ladies in the ha
IN AL were sympathizing with the loser s
e, finally said, Some one must have thong
q it was their own and picked it up" AS s.
: spoke she glanced down al her own love
pocketbook 1t WAS not hers at all he
ne was blue and this was black. Hers was
CT where was herss And then the though:
O. that newly discovered pocket came to hs
az Hers for once was safe, and she had, fro
gu the habit of having pocketbook in b
hand, appropriated one belonging to soI
he one else, She rushed after the loser of {
ne pocketbook. She tried to explain, but ney
ne felt that slss made her explanation at
ne lucid
he That pocketbook had gone through
ey good deal and could endure much, b
oe there was limit TO it 1t met its Wat
Z loo in Paris Without going into detail
MI it was snatched from her hand one MOI
Ter ing at IL o'clock on one of the most respe
to able boulevaris in the city. The thief "
dressed in common blouse and lahore
ed hat. He was captured within the wet