Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-18

for 81, 900 cash M came to this city. He
had three $1,000 bills. and nearly Sl,ooo
more in ~greenbacks of other denomina-
lions After taking in the sights he pro-
ceeded to load up on ST. Louis tanglefoot.
Mr.. Martin conceived the not very bril-
liant scheme of pasting the three $1,000
bills to the inside of his shirt front one
night when he started out. The merry
go-round lasted until dawn. and when
he reached his room. on Easton avenue
the shirt was considerably soiled. After
changing his shirt he rolled III the
soiled garment with other things
and proceeded to a laundry, taking a bot
tie or two on the way to brace up on.
These 81, 900 bills were entirely forgotten,
so they went into the laundry to be lone
up with shirts, collars and cuffs.
1t was not until the next day that the
clouds passed out of Martins brain, and
then a species of insanity seized the un-
fortunate man. He could remember
everything but the name and location of
the laundry where he left that valuable
shirt. He was sure it was a Chinese
wasaee house, but where he could not
recall. The harder he tried to locate the
Chinese laundry the more muddled he
got. For two or three days he wandered
about, until he landed at the Union sta
ton one night. got a ticket for Baltimore,
where he had relatives. and left the town
without notifying the police or anybody
else. He was taken seriously i'll in the
Monumental City, and fingered for two
months in an almost hopeless condition.
Finally he recovered. when like a flash
came the memoir of the laundry where
he had left his linen in st. Louis, and it
wasn't a Chinese laundry either. 1t was
Easton avenue. near Webster. AS soon
as he could get there he came On Sat
urday he quietly walked into the Home
laundry n made himself known.
S you're Mr.. Martin. are your said
Theodore klages, n of the proprietors
of the laundry. well. I'm glad to see
you. for I nave been waiting a long time
for the man who papers the inside of his
shirt front with $1,000 bills.
Poor Martin nearly tainted when
Klages referred to those long lost bank
notes.
so you found Them he gasped.
Eyes. / found three 81 1000 bills pasted
on your shirt bosom by the merest chance
on earth. l consider you the luckiest mar
! alive. The bundle of linen was thrown in
a pile with other things. and as 1 was
passing through the Mushroom I caught
sight of your fortune through the open
ing in the back of the shirt. l steamed
the bills loose and put them away. eN-
pectins you to call any moment. But as
you did not put in an appearance nol
leave any address l was greatly puzzled
Last week my partner and | had de
termined to advertise for the man witt
the 5000 shirt. if something was moi
heard from him by Sept. 1. Now you art
here. and I guess we can fix you up al
right. You must remember this laundry
does not make a business of washing
81 900 bills, so we will lave to return them
to you just as they came in, except thai
they are detached from the shirt"
Martin explained all that happened tc
him, and was eager to have the laundry
take at least $500 of his recovered fortune
but the men of the laundry would no
accept the money.
'Ill never do such a foolish thing
again. said the man from Texas.