The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-01

cano mutsa-' The following colloquy
ensued:
Il want a suit Of clothes made in a
hurry"
which OF color. senor?"
"Oh, some shade Of gray. I guess"
1T In Of great regret, (the Porto Ri
car loves ceremonious words and ex-
pressions). IL departs from the fashion,
style"
Il don't care about that. Let me see
some OF the cloth"
w procure IL not" said the mer-
chant, sadly Struggling his shoulders.
1T proceeds out OF the rum
We'll. have you got any good brown
cloth?"
1T Is most extreme sorrow and grief
that is likewise not of the fashion
style"
'Oh. confound your fashion-style.
What have o got?"
That of the most sublime exalted
blue and black. For your money you
pick choice"
This remarkable apothegm the tailor
delivered with as much JUNCTION and
pride as IL Il were some bit OF the clas-
sizes Of America, which he doubtless
considered IL to he. After puttering
over a small pile OF serges and dag
onals, which appeared to be the entire
stock Of the establishment. outside OF
the cotton and linen goods. the Amer
lean picked out a piece which gave
some promise of wearing qualities and
asked the price. The tailor picked up
the goods, examined IL minutely. tested
II by stretching. and aid enthusiastic
cally:
The Americana recognizes the
excelling garmenture with the expert
ing eye This" tapping IL reverently,
lis the best my house affords"
Wei. how much will you charge for
a suit OF that"
T so contrive you such a suit of
fashion. style and ~gracefulness as II
shall be an honor to wear it-that. se-
nor, Is to value at 40 pesos"
But h American had been advised
as to his dealings with the native
tradesman, and vas not to be caught
so easily.
Nonsense" he exclaimed. Why, the
shop down the street wouldn't charge
me half that"
An expression OF melancholy fitted
over the benign features of the tailor as
he observed YEARLY that the establish
ment mentioned did not class itself
equitable by which he probably meant
to impart the idea that IL was not in
his class. The visitor offered % pesos
for the suit, and they finally compro-
missed on 81, the purchaser insisting on
paying at once. as the rate of exchange.
which alters from day to day. was at
that particular time in his avo He
paid for the clothing about SIG in our
money. That was Tuesday.
IL vas distinctly agreed between the
party OF the first part and the party Of
the second part that the garments
should be finished and delivered at the
hotel on he following Friday. They
did not arrive on hat day. The pur-
chaser went around to the shop on the
following morning to see about IL, wear
ing a suit which he had borrowed for
the occasion, being rather short of
The proprietor expressed bland
surprise. Next week. he said. In vain
the American recalled the solemn agree
ment. A saints day had interviewed,
aid the tailor. Surely. the pious Amer
senior would not have mis- so ele-
garments worked on on a saints
day.
Dismay appeared in the face of the
tailor as the pious American consigned
the saints TO a bad place. Here, plain
ly. was a blasphemous infdel who
might perhaps turn violent. Something
must be done. The clothes should be
finished on h morrow. he promised.
or course, they did not come on the
morrow. Equally. of course, the shop
was closed all day, 1t being Sunday.
h Porto Rican never works when
there is any escape from IL. To that
characteristic Is attributed the number
or their saints. each of whom must have
his day religiously observed. Another
of them celebrated v%icariously on Mon
day. On Tuesday the purchaser. now
thoroughly enraged. entered the shop
Just in time to see a vanishing o
tall at the rear door. The mead cutter
pNnlainpH In fearful ISn,Isuh a.l x-s,A
many deprecatory bows, that the mas
ter had been taken violently i'll and that
all work had been put back a day on
that account. Between pantomime and
strange oaths the visitor succeeded i'm
impressing the head cutter with the
probability of the wreckage of the en-
tire place IL his suit was not forthcom-
ing on the next day.
He finally got IL on Thursday. which
he afterward earned was surprisingly
prompt delivery. n then had a chance
to regret that he had ever got IL at all.
1t alternated between agonizing tight
ness I'm he seams n billowy bulges
everywhere else. Having forced him
self into IL with considerable violence
to his feelings he sat down in a chair
to rest. A cracking sound followed
and he Immediately began to protrude
from the suit at various points. Back
TO the shop he took II and explained
with more particularly than mildness
some OF its shortcomings and excuses.
The tailor said that there was a regular
tariff for repairs. The American said
that unless the tailor wanted to find
himself in a condition calling for re-
pairs as extensive as those needed by
the suit he would do the work promptly
and without hope OF payment. The
tailor said that IL was a pleasure to
work for the Americana senior and he
ing him anything.
In all hat suit was repaired and alt
cred four times. its maker assuring the
purchaser each time that IL was the
swall arteecle." Then the American was
called home and wore the "swall ar
taecl' back after some painful hesita-