The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-02
sfCCh ON THH rANGLr.yoor
owing to an Unfortunate Incident M,
Noodles Loses "a Nfsg,or


My dear said young Mrs. Noodles IN
her most intimate friend Mr.. potifex
has not been hero 20 call since last spring.
and my own opinion is that ne sin NOT
come again"
why not pray|
'Oh. 10 IS quite a sad story. Mr. Noodles
tried to blame me for the occurrence. but
! was certainly not responsible. n IL
had not been fy Time the thing would
never have happened"
Fly time"
ives, otherwise the ny-napa. which
caused the mischief would have been
absent 10 was only single orce of 30.
about "a foot and a-half square which
had put ON the Wnlow-sill I'm tho parlor
10 was The Kind You know, that relies not
upon poison. hut upon los stictnoss Tor
purposes of capture I bought tao tieese.
but tho cat Nenturod. ncautiousiv. upon
one of them. When ! ncNt saw the ami
NAL 10 seemed 60 bee fairly covered with
small scraps of paper adheriug e1 closely
To- her fur that We were ohllrel t0 giye
her bath in hot water in order to ret
ril of them"
'Did YOU cFcr,'
$50. as ! was going 90 sav it was the
other piece that / had placed caefully
ON the window ledge. Bridget was dust
ing the same morning in the parlor ard.
10 facilitate her operations. she pf tho
ny-paper. for moment. ON tho divah. Il
was not the spot [ should have rele ted.
but servants are sometimes eccentric. you
know. She was interrupted in her TASK
by "a ring az tine dOOr-bel. and "a momoht
later. she came upstairs with the card -
young Mr.. PotifeX. Meanwhile Tho Wis
itor had walked into the parlor which
was darkened. and had seated himself
ION the diyan+
Exactly $50. He rose 10 greet me- as ]
entered. and we had "a very pleasant con
,ersation Some charitable work in which
he took an Interest had brought him. VI
the end OF hale am hours chat he got up
~ go. and tncn | observed that "a large
sheet OF what looked like brown paper
adhered 90 his trousers behind B rec.g
nized my hy paper at once. Nf. loilifN
was wholly unconscious of DO uniu Gale
his attention % the circumstance.
"Goodness, What did he aayt'
ooh ne was very polite about a. though
IL must have cost him much sei-re-
straint not to swear. because the trousers
ho wore var, quite new and very hand
some That is tD saF. they had pfrn
handsome. but when the ily-paper was de-
t..hed. the seat of them was covered WIN
the horrible sticky Stun. ] Nn'hI' 'lNf
= could have died with modification. Mr.
,.oodlos being up-sfairs. / called I'm
down. DE seemed rather amused man
otherwise. but sola chat Be- could remove
the stains quite easily with chloroioIm
"Chlorof0rmt
yves. YOU know that Nr. Noodles taxes
Great interest Boo collecting spiders ir
always Keeps good-sIzed bottle ol chic
roform on hand 10 k.ll them WIN 70
he took the unfortunate SIR. foiiifN ~
to his own den. and proceeded q" aply
il After awhile / heard them BON 80
1,on stsirs again. and nay husband ln-
formed me- that De mad fixed him up
niro'y.' as mo- expressed b.. Such proved TO
h. the case. boz fact
"Tho chloroform took it outF
.,fost of n. at ah events. hut. n'ius
rubbed on very hard. IL took an me t.in
IN underneath. understand ihat MI
pntifex was Obliged Co cat Dis meals from
me mantelpiece for three or -FOUR Hays
sfterward. Perhaps you VIII agree WIN
me- I'm thinking that the affair may Do
ac,onnt,ble for thc fact that De mas TOT
called upon us since.