The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-10-02

/ few moments the servant. finding out
his mistake. conducted Mr. Grey twho
/ picked up his coat. hat and bagl into
/ the other room. The wedding ccrc-
mony over, the evening passed delight
. fully In the exchange OF friendly greet
ing' and good wishes. and the clergy
/ man. being an intimate friend. wae one
Of the last gentlemen TO say goodnight
/ lie put on his ovcrcoat. and, hat In
I hand. reached the front door. where
| he stopped a moment to again say
. 'good-by" before putting on his Derby.
/ To his astonishmont. head. eyes ana
ears were covered In an instant by q
hat several sizes too large. which had
/ been exchanged for one Mr Grey had
placed on his coat. Juet then the sery-
/ ant came up TO say "a gentleman. who
| left his name as OBrian Of 2Si 9th
I street had been unable to 1nd his hat
ana had been forced to 80 Oh with one
so small It would not cover his head at
all. and no would be glad to have his
own when Il was found"
| Mr.. Grey had TO 20 to an early service
next day and needed a proper head COW
/ erlng, and his appearance being too
comical In the "head-oyor-cam' hat
now forced upon him 20 venture into
a car to reach home. he decided TO
end Mr.. O'Brian although II was after
| 10 o'clock and make an exchange 80
| dCsirable to both. SO. keeping on the
/ darkest side Of the street. he reached
2si and gently rang the bell. No an
swor. a second and more vigorous
pull caused window to be- raised
quickly, and a female voice called out;
who's there and what's wantcd?' rs
Mr.. o'Brlpn home yet?" said Mr.. Grey.
No, and he won't be. for no such man
lives here" came In angry tones. par
don me. but this Is 2Si 9th street. whore
| was directed. Ia It not?" NO. It h
2Si 10th street" and down slammed the
window before Mr. Grey could say
Excuse me-" Much discounted, h,
started for the next street and. again
finding 2Si. rang with the assurance Of
being right this time. Up went n sec
ond-story window. and sleepy ton,
Inquired: what's the matter?" Mr.
Grey raised the hat to be able to Sc,
clearly and politely said: II should llk
TO speak to Mr. o'Brlan." "Ho does no
live here. and you should be ashamo,
TO ring people out Of their beds at sucl
a time OF night Put on that hat an,
go home" and with a decided bani
this window went down.
Thoroughly dlsheartoned and per
picked. Mr. Grey started for n neigh
boring drug store. whore. apologlzinl
for his appearance and explaining hi
errand. he asked TO see n directory
Yes. there was Mr.. OBrian ON Oh
street-No. 2is. The servant had re
yersed the numbers. Was ever man 8,
unlucky In pursuit OF his own prop
erty7 where did you get that hat?'
sang n voice as Mr.. Grey again started
In quest OF Mr. o'Brian. Walking rap
idly. he soon reached 2iS, but by thil
time no nervous and exhausted that h,
touched the bell with trepidation, al
though n light In the hall proved som'
member OF the family had not yet ro
| NlItus lHt hubl op'H'us uhu ne wa
told "Mr. o'Brlan had not yet returne,
home" II was too late to await hi
coming, so. leaving his address. the un
fortunate wcarer OF the wrong hat. will
weary steps. made his way to hls owl
house. whore his wife, wondering ant
worried over his non-appoaranco. me
him at the threshold. One look. an,
she burst into uncomfortable laughter
In which Mr. Grey was faln to join a,
he told OF his chase and the results.
The next morning. hunting up a dis
earded hat, Mr.. Grey proceeded to IN,
church, whore he conducted the earl!
service, while the sexton was sent Il
return Mr.. o'Brian's Derby and brlnl
back that OF Mr., Grey. The sexton wa
told "Mr. O'Brian had jus, started to re
turn Mr.. Greys hat" So once more tn
hats played at cross-purposes. and !
was not until the sexton went again 4
Mr.. o'Brlan's that the minister's ha
was recovered. II began to feel tina
hat was 'hoodooed,' and was doomeI
to roam the city day and night In II
pursuit. while II kept ahead OF m
every time" concluded the rector.
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