The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1894-01-20
ARTIFICIAL APPLIANCES.
Stories of a GLASS Ego and a Me-
chanical Hand.

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day papers. Because at breakfast o.
Sundays the girls Of the family wer.
apt to divide the big sheets up and 81
reading out scraps to each other, while
their coffee grew cold in the cups L
was o bad habit 1t made breakfast
drag on to an interminable length
causing the maid below stairs to be be
hind with her work all day and thu
ssrxidens above stairs to be late tc
Church.
WeH, the girls were reading out bits
to each other. Name had just con
tributedsa thrilling one about the last
sfootpad. who chokcd woman and ran
down tbealley with her purse and her
rings.
y Wouldn't mind anyone snatching
my purse. said Imogene, because !
carry mostsof my money tucked inside
my dress waist, and
And make an embarrassing spec
tacle of yourself when you have to get
it out in a hurry" interrupted Name,
very rudeIy Maruc had been shopping
with Imogcne for the trousseau She
said she nearly blushed herself to
death. And she said that clerks who
couldn't control their risiblcs ought not
to be allowed to walton ladies.
Queer things happen in town." muir
INJURED Cousin Jane, who was only stay
ing with them over Sunday, sDid
ever tell you of my adventure In the
carette9 No? Well, that was the
qucercst thing. My husband and his
youngest brother, Fred, and | were
going up to Lincoln park in it, They
were talking toeach other about stocks.
and futures, and things, and WASH t
paying much attention to them or any
thing else when suddenly a man at the
other end Of the carette began smiling
and winking at me in disgustingly
elaborate fashion. Girls, | declare !
did not know the man was there.
may have been staring at him absent
ly, but | had done nothing Intentional
ly TO attract mis- attention. He was
Just the Kind of man who might
insult woman alone. Big fellow
with a big braided coat, big red
tic, tremendous black mustache-the
hind a mans back-and a bold, vacant
looking black eye. But wasn't alone
The carctte was full of people and
there were those two strapping fellows
g of my own close at hand. Wen, of
course looked away and made as if |
hadn't noticed anything. BY and by /
stole u look at him. declare, he was
doing the same thingl One eye shut,
the other open and fixed on me, his
mouth, under q horrid dyed raustache,
parted in d silly smile. l turned sharp
" away and looked out Of the window
Tor a long, long time. A lot of people
got out at Bellevue place and more at
Division street. l thought maybe my
nnwclcome admirer-h gone by this
time. and just glanced over at the
corner near the horses long enough to
catch his i1npudent stare. I know
blushed scarlet. ] hoped jim
and Fred wouldn't see, they are both
so quick Tempered. Other people be-
gan to notice. Several OF them glanced
from me to the man and smiled and
nudged each other. It was odd the
way he persisted and yet didn't do
anything more than stare. was be-
ginning to wish he would, SO I could re-
buff him.
s'At Schiller street the only other
person in the carette got ont. 1t was
lady with the biggest pair of sleeves
I've seen yet.
s. Schiller street already remarked
nv husband. Hello! What's thai in
the corner?'
'sThe lady with the sleeves caught
my eye as She passed and began to
laugh most unlsindly, thought Hush,
dear l said; he has been staring at
me in that ridiculous way ever since he
started.
= He has, has he? I'll punch his
head growled Jim. The man never
moved muscle. Well, 1 began to
laugh / think was getting hyster-
.ical. And Jim laughed 100, rather I'M
willingly. And Fred joined in You
know Fred will laugh at anything
The conductor on the doorstep seemed
to think something was awfully funny
and the driver tried to find out the
Joke through the window Would you
believe it. the man never stirred We
drew up at North avenue with the aw-
full lurch the carette gives when it
stops. All out Far as we go!' called
the conductor.
And then, girls-and then-the man
in the corner woke up and opened both
his eyes! He had just been doing, with
his mouth half open, and he had glass
eve, and when he shut his eyes the lid
,oanght somehow on the false one and
stayed up. My dear, we just roared.
We couldn't help it. The driver and
conductor shouted and yelled. An
the poor man was so shame-faced and
so angry. think he would have liked
to punch evcryone's head. :"
did You ever!" How perfectly alb
,surdl' and SO on.
Presently from Imogene: What kind
of sleeves did she have, Jane-velvet?0