The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-11
MARTINS $8,ooo SHIRT.

One of the happiest men that have l been in St. Louis for many day is
 Zenas Martin. He left for Texas yes | terday morning with a nice roll that
 contained over s3.0OO. The story of that
 same bunch of money is most remark l able.
 About three months ago Martin sold
 out his business in a small Texas town | of $4,000 cash and came to this city | He had three s1,000 bills and nearly 1 $1,000 more in greenbacks of other de- ! nominations After taking in the sights l for few days he proceeded to load up on St. Louis tanglefoot and do the city 1 in true Texas style. Cab rides, cold bot 1 ties and all their accompaniments were right in his line
 One night he became solicitous for his money, and before starting on pro longed spree he pasted the three $1,000
 bills on the inside of his shirt front. When he reached his room at dawn the next morning, he dsrobed and tossed the shirt on the floor, taking it, later
 on, with some collars and cuffs to a
 laundry, forgetful of the $3,OOO bills
 which decorated its interior surface.
 It was not until the next day that the clouds passed out of Martins brain, and then species of insanity seized the unfortunate man. He could remember everything but the name and location of the laundry where he left that valu- able shirt In a frenzy of despair he drank more and harder, and for two or lao ok I,a landed at Union Square one night, got ticket for Baltimore, where he had had relatives, and left the town without mo- tifying the police or anybody else He was taken seriously i'll in the Menu mental City and fingered for two months in an almost hopeless condition.
 Finally he recovered, when like flash came the memory of the laundry where he had left his linen in St. Louis. It was on Easton avenue, near Wester. As soon as he could get there he came. On Saturday he quietly walked into the Home Laundry and made himself known.
 50 you're MT. Martin, are you?" said Theodore Klages one of the proprietors of the laundry. Well I'm glad to see you, for have been waiting a long time for the man who papers the in- side of shirt fronts with $1,000 bills"
 Poor Martin nearly fainted when Klages referred to those long-lost bank notes. "So you found them ?" he gasp ed
 'Yes, I found three $1OO0 bills pasted on your shirt bosom by the merest chance on earth. The bundle of linen was thrown in pile with other things, room I caught sight of your fortune through the opening in the back of the shirt. I steamed the bills loose and put them away, expecting you to call any moment But as you did not put in an appearance nor leave any address ! was greatly puzzled. Last week my partner and I had determined to adver- tise for the man with the $3000 shirt if was not heard from him by Sept 1. Now you are here, and guess we can fix you up all right
 Martin explained all that happened to him, and was eager to have the laundry take at least $500 of the recovered for tune, but the gentlemen of the laundry would not receive the money.
 I'll never do such a foolish thing ! again" said the man from Texas "Tll | my chest, with those bills under it, after | putting some paraffine paper about the | precious mementos of that long and dis | astrous jag. ."-St. Louis Globe-Demo- | crat.