The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-06
THE PRINCE GEORGES ENQUlRER-UPPEk MAkLBO
T.4KkN FOR 4 SHOPLIFTER.
FINE LOOKING OLD MAN WITH A SCORE
FULL POCKETS.


way a moment, sir: sad the shop
walker to short, well-dressed man OF
about so, with frank. honest face,
" no had Just purchased collar.
"Certainly," was his surprised IL
ply. as he fol owed the Young man in
to the private office OF the head of the
firm.
"Mr. Ribbons said the young shop
walker as he entered. Il have made
an impor ant discovery. See this. and
he pulled wotruding piece of red
ribbon from the old man 5 pocket,
with the result that about 10 yards OF
it were brought to light.
"You are right, said Mr.. Ribbons:
''go and fetch the police at once.
The old gentleman protested that
he was inocent of any theft. but to
no purpose, and the search proceeded.
His clothes were lined with extra
pockets, ard before long 80 yards Of
ribbon Of various shades, three pounds
of confectionery, half a dozen packs
of playing cards, two dozen co!ored
haudkerchiefs, some small flags, "a
dozen oranges, Il white rabbit, half d
hushel of artificial flower, two guinea
pigs, canary in small cage and
some eggs were produced.
The poor old fellows dimensions
| had, of course, d, ere sed in size and h
looked a wobeg'n- MOI tai.
| Jus. then there was an impatient
knock at the door aud immedla' ely a
short, business-like man entered IL
Or. at excitement.
81 was told | should find Won here,
| he grasped. 'What in the world do You
want to take up all this time to buy Il
collar for? Bur what's the matter
with you, anyway:
'.rhis man has just been taken up
as shoplif er, said thu detective, and
be pointed to the goods lying about
the floor.
"Shoplifting he bowed angrily
| replied the short man. ''He's the ma
gician's man at our show and has been
with us for yeers. How do you ex
pect the Bouquet of Mystic Novelties
to be gone on with and all the other
tricks without the honest-looking,
white whiskered old gent sitting down
in front to let things be taken out of
him after they have been put in boxes
on the stage: 1t can't be done and
ne must come with me-
"Young man." SAID Mr.. Ribbons as
the other left the room, "you are very
careless and have made serious mis-
take. Be more careful in future. :
t. Louis Republic.
DOIBLE SHOTS at CANE.
The pride Of sportsman Is to make
a good double at game. Take ruffed
grouse hunter, for instance. He puts
up two Of the birds at once. They 60
whirrlng off throug tn brush and are
brought down one after the other
That makes the hunter happy.
A Texas deer hunter riding along
N horseback once saw couple OF
deer leap from their beds and STAR off
on jump. He dropped bo'h one
with each barrel. They were big
bucks.
A hunter in Wisconsin saw three
bears fleeing away through the timber.
He killed two of them and wounded
the third so that he got it the next
day.
A German hunting hares with a
l6 gauge shotgun loaded with No 3
shot saw two deer running, one be-
hind the other. He killed them both
at 20 yards.
Men on the plains in the days when
anteIopes were far more plentiful than
now used to get within shot of a bunch
and then. by shooting the leaders, man.
age to get all the bunch. 1t was the
same with elk, while butfaloes were
killed by dozens, but such shots were
not pleasing to the men who made
them in any other sense than that the,
brought so much money. This was
market hunting.