The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
MINDED E. HyIMLT.
And How n Certain Event In His Life Was
Brought to Recollection.

For sheer absent m ndcdness and forgettul-
ness" said Col Calliper, Il think nobody can
excel my friend Christopher knimly. There came
lately Ia Mr. knimly's residence In the city. by
express n box which the cXpressmnn brought up
tO the door promptly as though he were accustomed
~ bringing hxcs and bundles and things there
every day nothing ieazss the cXpressman- and
taking a pencil down from where he carried II,
thrust up under the edges of his cap he passed 1t
over whcrcwith In sign the receipt That done, he
elapsed the b,ok together. tucked the pencil up
under the edge Of his cap again. and went down
the steps and jumped on his wagon, and was of
leaving that box standing there in the hall Mr
kn.mly carried 1, in and opened IT,
III h. had been surprised by the re
ccipt al this box, coming from he knew not
where. h" WAS enormously more surprised when.
on opening IT, he found 1, tn contain silver
number ot pieces az slVrrware: a coffee
pot. and two three other things We'll, that " az
81 very surprising that Mr. knimly didn't know
was the funniest and the strangcst thing he had
ever heard Of lie got tn" lid al III" box and look ed
at the address again, but II was his name. sure
enough clear and plain ns could w. and the address
all Tghi, t"n, but It couldn't possibly he that that
stuiI Was for him. and there was nothing 10 do.
he thought, hu, I" by !, up again and take II
back To the express Office. and let them wrcstlr
with H. II wasn't his. liutn had come at night
and MI. knimly thought he would y pack IL up
he had placed IT, on a table bright and beautiful
and coming IA have, somehow. a. he locked at
~ even within III" brict time that II had been there
an appearance mere ur less familiar.
But the next morning, when Mr. knmy
was going Ia pack the box up again and send
that stuff back IL the express Office there came
10 the kninlys from friends and from relatives
letters and other things, that brought home Ia
the astonlshcd Mr. knimly Mrs knimly. though
she had said nothing, had needed no reminder
IT IL the astounding fac, tina, this was his silver
wedding anniversary. Mr.. knimly, when he had
he said. II didn't SEEM possible how time did
fly that they had been married So long: and
what year was this and what year We're they
married in and how long had they been mar
rcd' and Mrs knlmly answered all these pue>-
tons ni her absent. minded husband ndulgcnty:
and presently q great light appeared 10 break
in on him, and
IN bet n thousand dollars, he said. that
that silver is for us,
And ~. to bc sure II was. and the familiar
appearance that II had taken on in So short a
time was now accounted for. II was Of the same
pattern as some other pieces that they had! and
which they had had. in fact. since the day II
which this was the anniversary Among their
wedding gifts had been an incomplete silver ser
vice made up Of the pieces more commonly used
These pieces. that had now hccn sent, were tn
complete that service, as n silver wedding gift.
The siycrs had easily remembered for twenty
And how kind aud thoughtful they are and
how charming their gift, said absent minded
and forg"ttui. but none the less apprcciatiycc
Christopher knimly.'