Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-07-10

SOME SHORT STORIES.
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He is one of the city's hustiing
young business mon. Wen call him
Brown. He is up to date in matters
Of dress as in other things. So when
the first rays of summer began to
make their presence felt he sprung a
crash suit.
Brown didn't like his latest outfit.
He told his wife SO. He hung the
s1it up.
| Browns father-in-law visited the
house. He espied the crash suit.
Mrs. Brown asked her father how he
would like to wear it. He said it
was just what he was looking for,
but he did not think it would fl.
But he was surprised in trying on
the suit to find that it was all o. K.
''Sure your husband don't want
it?" he asked.
YES" replied Mrs. Brown, she
threw it aside in disgust after wear
ing it once. What will you give for
"Oh, it isn't worth over IS, any
way"
Its yours" bargained Mrs.
Brown.
So Browns suit was carried away.
The next day the temperature
crawied up about Is degrees. 1t was
sweitering warm. Brown figured
over to himself that his crash suit
was all right after ali. He went TO
his room prepared to make a change.
The suit was gone. He called Mrs.
Brown.
where's my crash, DEAR" he in
quired.
why. l thought you didn't care
to wear that any more"
IL have changed my mind"
''But you don't look good in it.''
''Don't care how l look. It feels
comfortable this kind of weather."
| Mrs. Brown tried further to con-
vince her husband that crash suit
did not become him, trying to evade
telling him what had become of it.
She finally admitted that she had
sold the suit to her father. Brown
pulled and snorted around awhile,
reminding his wife that she had no
business disposipg of his clothes
without first consulting him. He
asked how much she go. on the suit
and she told him.
"Only IS! Why, woman, paid
rs SO for it, and only wore it once a"
Brown didn't get cent out of the
deal, either, but conso,ed himself
with the fact that it was all in the
family.
A man charged with stealing a
bolt OF cloth from Rock Island tai.
loring establishment was being tried
ct the Nay term of the circuit court.
He was defended by one of the young
attorneys.
Several tailors were summoned to
testify as TO the value of the stolen
cloth. One of them, who il
pretty well known for his dry wit,
was asked if he was tailor.
| II am, SIR" he answered.
"What do you know about cloth P"
the young barrister inquired.
well. sir; l know d. sight
more about cloth than you do about
law" replied the witness.
! A ripple Of laughter wss heard in
the court room. The attorneys face
flushed up, and it was several sec.
onds before he recovered sufficiently
to proceed with the examination.
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They are an unusually affectionate
couple. They reside in one of the
prominent sections Of town. The
. husband is engaged in business. and
. does not reach home at night until
. about 9 O'Clock. He is Invariably
met half block from home By hit
, wife.
i On this particular evening it was
pretty dark. The wife was sitting
/ on the porch at the front of the
house chatting with neighbors.
j, The form Of q man passed unde,
the electric light, which is stationed
at a corner about block away from
the business mans house.
!. The wife asked her friends il tina!
, was not her husband. They said it
was.
She scampered down the walk &c
, greet him.
Il As they neared one another she
extended her arms to embrace him.
!, '.Hold up" he shouted. 81 CUES:
you are after the wrong fellow"
The man was q neighbor who re.
sides in the block above.
The lady was greatly embarrassed
over her mistake. She made profuse
apologies. Her husband arrived
shortly afterward. and all joined ID
hearty laugh over the incident. q
T0roneo ExouRsion.
July Is, IA aud Is, the c.. Z. /.
P. railway will sell excursion tickets
to Toronto, Canada, and return .,
one fare for the round trip. A spe'