The sun., 1893-02-05
SIZE DROPPED HER MIrTEM
And Was Angry Because the Dear Old MAJ
Misunderstood Her.

And Was Angry Because tho Dear Old MaA
Misunderstood Her.
Irom he cnioco, Ser-eecord
It was Just 9 clock. and the car was packed
with people going home
She carried some bundles. and IN her efforts
to handle thom and save them from crushing
she dropped hor milton. She saw 1t go. but
was powerless to stay its descent and it went
down in successive stages in a. triangular
space between herself; man who looked oyer
her head. and and al an indiyidnal who was deaf
The deaf man leaned over and said: "Eh'"
ye eant rt f num- VII have to wait
TIL the car gifts TO thS end Of the line. 80 the
ecnfn'tGs de kin hoRnr Pp up st th hs Ina Besds.
amt goin to have all these people walkfn' on
"Tiaven't t ye got another one ?" said tho deaf
Course I've got another one." and she wig.
The deaf man saw the movement. and know
Ing that women often carry, car fare Inside
her mitten off for her.
Then she screamed,
edge his to hs o who could
....What's the matter here!'
Lady dropped her nickel. and can't pick It
asSR nsstssasSR2ss tse my nit
deaf man she hAd she snsthsF 0ne tho
You're an old door post" said the woman
~Ssssr now folk. d X, 60 tr.yel!n. about town
sysS S's the SRE Sts Sbo dn wh
=. "%as y, Is thSt M M all the m money yer husband give
h vas % hsrs g now ssfSsr fsa ent %t1!s you un"
tss% ;0sfs sss tSd tS as7s.
said M tn the d deaf man e the i Iasse II e neerS
the ahe sef
thought 1t Il ss'ha Was In yer mitten." said til.
You You don't know how to think" said tho
her said az the des man salr' em both In
You ought to stuff both your own mittens
Aint ys afraid yeil swaI er yer nickel that
Id III 4 do reckon 1t won't njure my hearin'."
Then the conductor got down on the floor
ana al, recovered ,, the woman's mtten and size got
people didn't carry ear trumpets.
a, The deaf man said by. way Of enlightenins
mitten instead OF her nickel that she dropped"
sour hit Pension and Found Her Husband.
from The IS. Loui. GioJe. D,noern,
LOUISVILLE. JAN 25.-After separation Of
twenty-five years. during which time each
thought the other dead. George ". Davenport
letter from Pension Commissioner Raum
Davenport and his wife were married in this
city on June 10. 1856. A year aud half later
the husband departed for tho West TO Sc ok a
fortune. Shortly after Davenport departure
he received letter from friend conveying
the news OF his wife's death some time before.
and stating that the body had been buried
by relatives. The husband did not doubt
the authenticity of his friends an.
nouncement.. and as he had no near
relatives in this city he never returned, Mrs.
Davenport, failing to hear from her husband.
sought high and low for him for several years.
ana then sorrowfully arrived Mt the conclusion
Tnat rn ne was no longer in the land Of the living.
H. hie enlisted ~ Company Of tho Eighteenth
Missouri. At Shiloh he was badly w0unGec
otter leaving the city he went to Texas. AZ
fort worth he served as deputy marshal four
force Of Fort Worth for thres years. During
oil this time he was receiving n soldiers pen-
sion sh from the government. and to this is due
'he oisSsSYeTy SSn NJ INIT his wife was still living
! friends m ,, to apply for widows pension. When
Commissioner discovered that the man whom
sne sii, represented as her deceased husGnTnd was
lengthy investigation tho Comm jssioner com.
widow. Mrs. Davenport was overjoyed. and
mnde an effort to communicate with her hus-
band. He had in the mean time lett the Lone
homa Territory, but Comm issioner Raum
finally succeeded In reaching him by letter.
Immediately up2a receipt OF the good news
Louisville. whore he was met by his wife.