The herald., 1898-06-20
ANY OLD CLOTHES
SUITED A. N. BUSHNELL WHEN
HE NEEDED THEM
A Trusting Pomona Printer Who Had
a Hard Time to Make an
Appearance

From the statements of A. M. Bushnell,
William Henny, a young man, must be
brother of Jane, Jane who didn't look the
same" when she had naughty twinkle In
her eye. Some days ago Bushnell, who is
printer from Pomona, came to this city
with more cash than experience, for the
purpose of having the best kind of time.
He fell in with Henny, and the latter ap-
peared to know all about the various places
of interest and amusement, so Bushnell
found in him a congenial companion. As
long as Bushnells money lasted the pair
were inseparable. They did not waste
money for wine beer was good enough for
them, and they managed to impart consid-
cradle red paint to the sleepy streets after
midnight.
On the second evening. however, Henny
suggested that they sleep in his room in
lodging house corner of Third and Broad
way. To this Bushnell, who was very tired,
and whose legs were getting twisted, con-
sented. Henny apparently did not desire to
go to sleep, but as the night was warm,
Bushnell attired himself in the garb in
which he first saw the light of day and
proceeded to occupy two-thirds Of Henny's
bed. The latter then waited until the printer
every particle of clothing that belonged to
Bushnell and decamped with it. When
Bushnell awoke in the morning and bounced
out of bed to dress himself and sally forth
to attack all the booze in town, he found
to his amazement that all of his clothes.
from his hat to his shoes, were missing and
no trace was to be had of Henny.
Bushnell then proceeded to give vent to
terrible roar, and as he had kick coming,
the landlady responded to his cries and
through the keyhole listened to, Bushnell's
tale of woe. The landlady is of a practical
turn of mind, and while she could not do
anything for Bushnell, she related his story
of misplaced confidence and missing clothes
to the other roomers In her house. They re-
sponded nobly and in overwhelming num-
bers, like the first call for troops, and soon
clothing came flying over the transom for
Bushnell. One man contributed pair Of
socks, another a spiketail coat, a third
some odd numbers of shoes and more room
ers produced all the other articles but a
garment. This was the most necessary one,
q pair of trousers. There seemed to be
dearth of pants about the place, and al
though the landlady suggested that he might
utilize an apron, Bushnell did not see his
way clear to use that article, for, as he ex-
planned through the keyhole, the people
would be able to see him a-coming and
a-going, and he could not afford to take
chances, being married man. 1t began to
look like Bushnell would have to play hide
and seek with himself in the sheets for the
balance of the day, until, fortunately for
him, woman came to the rescue. She re-
membered having formerly ridden a bicy-
Gle before she got married, and said that
she thought the Chinese had collared her
sky-blue bloomers. She would go and see.
Sure enough she discovered the bloomers
and threw them over to Bushnell, but not
without struggle on the part of John Chi
naman, who protested against being de-
prived of his pair of dust rags. Everybody
was waiting to see Bushnell come forth in
all his glory, and when he did 1t seemed
as If he were running the gauntlet in a
crowd of Indians, the howls and laughs
were so uproarious.
Bushnell reported the matter to the po-
lice On Saturday last one of the detect
ives observed young man whose clothes
seemed to fit him too soon, and thinking
that he might know something about Bush
nell, took him into custody. The individual
with the loose-fitting clothes proved to be
Henny, and the garments he wore were
identified by Bushnell as those he had worn
into Henny's room that fateful night.
Henny will probably be in the police court
today.