Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-08-04

Have Goae Astgsy. Have to De Caset
Yes In the naorxus.'
..uaye you seen anything OF beau
tffui i!ttA, girl with funny golden hail
and blue frockr" nnxiousiy inquired
4 young woman of the clerk In charge
Of the linen counter 10 great depart
ment store.
"Why. no! Are you sure you brought
her In hercr'
Indeed am. l left her sitting be-
fore those IN cent siamaska 10 look mt
those 81 ~ shirt waists marked down
from &is0. and now | can't find her
anywhere I'm worried to death"
Don't be alarmed" remarked the
clerk. consoiinsiy. Shell turn up all
right. expect she's up In the dead
room by shls time"
1.-THE whaty'
THE dend room-the morgne, you
know
Tire morgucl, oh. my Irene! oh.
my darling!"
'Sh-ii-h. madam" softly command.
al floor walker, for coinmotion
beeinta imminent. "your child Is safe
enough. IN venture. The 'morgue' IL
simply the cant name Of our lost and
found department. Come with me,
and We viii see II tile little girl Is
there"
The young woman followed to long
room. the door 0f which was labeled
'sI.ost and Found" md there. sure
enough. seated upon n monument Of
packages. boxes. baskets. umbrellas
canes and other articles, sat tiny
golden haired girl'Inln blnn rrock. con.
tentedly Kicking her small feet against
. pastrtoari bonnet box.
''rhat's the second kid and cOntin-
gent sensation I've had today" con
hdcd the keeper Of the morguc to me
- the recovered child. Justify scream.
Ing IN the fervent embrace Of her tear.
ful parent. was carried away. mo. lts
nothing unusual. Its almost daily
occurrence. In the excitement OF bar.
gain rlishcs persons very frequently
lesr sight of their children for few
moments. and the natural tendency Of
the children Is In stray away ana take
IN the strange sights ~ the store gu
their own hook. or course they might
wander out Ut the establishment, and
to prevent this tho floor walkers tn
vnrlnbly send To noe every child they
fsnd unaccompanicd by guardian.
u don't know II there IN any portn.
BILE article. animate or inanlmatc
which does not lind lts way to the
morguc." continued the keeper reflect.
lively, NO class Of people loses things
No readily M. shoppers do You see
they become M Interested In looking
At bargains that they lay down what
ever they may happen to have In their
hands and perambulate between
connters with hardly a thought an to
their actions.
suddenly they discover their loss,
And " sUilA panic wi4e- them. They
70 dying about from one counter to
the other. prosecuting their inquiries
without stopping to tiiink whether
they have visited those same counters
before or not Therefore the inorgue
has become valuable and indlspcnsa-
Die department Ia every large store.
Some II, the things which drift into
this place would nunso YOU. Last
week great Dane dog was brought,
up BY our ncrsicst iioor walker, and nm
ugly customer he WA, indeed the
Jog. not the floor walker. We triccd
hlm up by short chain and tried to
make him lie down pending the ar.
rival al his owner Hut he wouldn't.
Instead no took stand. braccd him.
self and let out a howl which fro.c
the souls of some half dozen sales.
women within carshot. Then he broke
als' esssun. and started In 10 clean out
tho mo,suc
what did I do? Oh, I adjourned.
and everybody went ON II stll hunt for
rtit' o"s.,s, II the dog. We eventually
found her. aud siic sw,ne up and lam.
ms'cd us Tor abusing her precious
darling. With never word about tho
spur'i way he had handled the
morgue's Accommodations
"Does OF NIL sorts aud conditions arc
constantly brough, To tho uorguc and
now and then pet cat. which has es
capped from a basket. I've even had
cage Of canarlcx lrft on. my hands tod
fesl Tor u week before the careless.
owner. who had left the cage down In
the eroekcry department during "A sM-
cini salc. Appeared to claim her prop
erty.
watches. purses. babies. parasoIs.
bnndles and even diamond rings arc
parts OF my stock la trade here. I'll
nave hetses, too, ! verify heilcve, werc
ss.ccslss"incrs permitted Ia bring them
INTO the rtere. Ia like TO s.t up Ia,
business with the things brought 10
the iaorgu.. I'D set rich. sure.
Yes. fully twethirds or tho things
are claimed. and nothing worth com.
" after remains IA our possession
innI Neither do many other things
khsch are not worth hunting up. We
s"'p lost sttic,e- month from date
ef turning In. aud then. II II IL found
That they wce originally sold In our
N"fe. We pnt them In stock. Ere.
poensly lost articles Of serious .ntue
a~ advertised al the end OF u month"