Evening journal., 1898-04-05
or s1isp1cIous NATuRE

OF SUSPICIOUS NATURE
On Saturday evening the Wayfarer
was walking down Market street. When
between Fourth and Fifth streets a
Young fellow and his best girl walked
close TO him for a short distance, ana
TO the best girl of this young man the
Wayfarer is indebted for this story.
A woman went to the trading stamp
store with a book filled with stamps.
Can / have anything ] wantY' she
asked.
man. to whom she had not presented
her book.
Il mean that II / have book full OF
stamps can l select anything in here
that / want?' %
The man hesitated a moment and the
woman accepted it as q negative reply.
Just what / Thought" she exclaim-
ed. Before we get the trading stamps
YOU say that we can select anything we
want, and after we get them you don't
want to let us have them"
Madam, think you are mistaken In
your allegations" demonstrated the
man.
mo I'm not" was the sharp retort
81 know a woman who came here with
a boOkful OF stamps and she could not
get what she asked for"
Perhaps It was not In the store, p"
suggested the man.
"Oh, yes II was" answered the wo-
man, but you would not let her have
IT, What want to know Is, can | have
anything that / select?"
''Yes, ma'am. answered the trading
stamp man, realizing that he had a
Tartar on his hands.
''Well, what have you here that is
real nice?'
Here is a set Of dishes that is fine, "
said the man, indicating it with his
finger.
Can I really have that set Of
dlshes?" asked the woman, who by the
way had her little son with her.
Eyes, maam, If you want them"
want them? Why certainly / want
them. Here, Johnny, you stand right
there and keep your eyes on those
dishes until l get back, for 1 am going
out TO get a basket to carry them
home in"
''Well deliver them for you, madam
IOh, no. you WON'T" she said
And she left the little fellow on
guard. While she was gone the trading
stamp man debated with himself as t
whether he was a bunco steerer or q
confidence man. He felt debased ant
uncomfortable until the woman return.
ed and got her dishes and went hom,
with them.
LEWES AND PROJECTILES.
In such an eventuality as a resort K
arms between this country and Spain
the little town of Lewes, at the Della
ware Breakwater. is about the onl,
place in Delaware which could suffe
damage from the guns Of the Spanisl
warships, unless, perchance, it shoul
be the still smaller and more expose
town Of Rehoboth. All the others ar
either too far back from the water o
else up above Fort Delaware, pas
which IL would be impossible for an
fleet to get, or within the sphere Of it
protecting influence
II there Is war, and It lasts into tn
Summer season it is safe to presum
that many Wilmingtonians, who ow
cottages at Rehoboth, will rent them a
liberal reduction until the cruel wa
is over.
Lewes was shelled by the British (
the year OF 1872. Fortunately the all
OF the gunners was poor and nearly a
OF the pnojectiles passed over the tow
and fell, without exploding, into Block
house pond. Many years afterward.
the Wayfarer is told by an old SUISSE
countian, the shells were found Their
and this led to a most deplorable az
cident Captain Benjamin Lingo live
at the southern end OF Lewes. and.
some manner. obtained one of the oil
shells. Wanting a weight for his gat
ne used II. His son, a boy Is or
years old, began fooling with the She
IN his fathers absence, and was lxille
by the terrific explosion which follow
ed. IL was terrible blow to the ma.
ents, as he was the only child they ha
since then several Of these shells ha,
been found, but the people who ha,
them are more circumspect in the nam
ling Of them.
AFRAID OF THE CLIMAX.
The colored population OF Delawa,
has evinced much interest in N
Maine explosion, and events followir
thai great catastrophe. Out arour
Hockessin, II the Wayfarer Is correc
ly Informed, the destruction of n
proud battleship has made an impre
sion especially profound.
There is a colored man ont the
whose name is C.nlOrnor T1a4nrco,, "