The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-01

She vert into a store to make some
purchases and when she was ready to
go gathered up her bundles. She picked
up a bundle that belonged to a man who
was standing near. He noticed her
take his bundle. He was about to de-
mand thai she return it. Mice, fash
ionable looking woman" he thought.
'Kleptom&niac perhaps. Ruin her repu-
tation if i exposed her. I won't do it.
I'll just let her take it rather than
make her husband feel bad. No. I'll be
hanged if will. I'll have my pack
WHO ID that lady?" he asked of
Mrs. ! -" replied the clerk.
well. I guess I won't have her ar
rested either" thought the man. II
| know her husband we'll and 1t would
| disgrace the whole family. Strange that
she would steal. Wonder If her hus-
band knows it?'' He watched her leave
tie store.
When she had gone he made his pur-
chase again. The clerk wondered why
he was doubling his order but said
nothing.
That night when Mrs. un-
| wrapped her bundles she was surprised
| to find a half dozen neckties.
who are those for. my dear?" asked
| her husband
why, I don't know. didn't buy
| them"
The husband thought 1t over and de-
! cided his wife had taken them by mis-
take They were returned the next day
/ to the store and the clerk remembered
! to whom he had sold them They We're
| returned to the purchaser by the huS-
band. The clerk had told him that the
man who lost them bought another half
| dozen.
| why did you buy another half doz-
en?" asked the husband when he re-
turned them.
why. I saw your wife take them,"
wen. Thy didn't you ask her for
them"
why. didn't want to create a scene.
I thought she had -'' there he
caught himself just in time but the
husband guessed what he was going to
say and a. duel was narrowly averted.
They do not speak
| A school teacher, who attended the
recent teachers meeting here, met one
| of her former pupils here. So did many
| other teachers, perhaps, but this meet
| ing was Of the "prodigal SON. and
mother-in-law lecture order
| The teacher met her former pupil in
! the postoftice- He had grown from a
/ boy to a young man during the seven
years that had elapsed since she pound
| ed 'rithmetic, reading and 'riting into
his cerebram.
why, Charles. how do you do" she
exclaimed,i as she turned toward him.
She recognized him.
! shook hanls.
what are you doing now?" she
asked.
Nothing" he replied.
I 'fWhy, Charles, you should be work
| ing. You should have some trade or
| profession and you should work at it
| diligently. YOu know that idleness is
| the worst calamity that can befaI a
young man. You should be industrious.
| You should be able to make your living.
! You should not be idle. Now I have
been working steadily for 10 years you
| know, ana 1 am all the better for it.
| Really, I al surprised to hear that you
| are not working. 1 thought better OF
| you. I had no idea you would turn out
to be a loafer."
ooh. I have been working" said
Charles.
why, 1 thought you said"
| 'I said / was not working now, but
| this is the first week for five years that
| I have not been working.
why, I am so sorry. must beg your
| pardon for talking as I did. I am very
| glad to know you have done so well. !
! am sure that my lessons have helped
| you in youc work. What have you been
| doing?"
"Tendina bar in a Kansas City sa-
| loon," was the reply.
The mastering out of the volunteer
| regiments that has been going on for
| some timey has made more or less trou-
| BILE. for the officers who have had tC
| account for everything from a gatling
gun to shoe string, that has at any
| time been issued the regiment.
a great deal of red tape has to be
! gone through with and until the last
| shoe string is accounted for the officer
held responsible does not receive his
pay. During the Mexican war jim
Lane, 1.-The grim chieftain of Kansas
| was a colonel. At the close of the wal
! there was some SO, 900 worth of prop
| eNtv missing that Lane had to account
for before he could be mustered out anc
receive his pay. The papers were sem
to hifu toj be filed out. In the place
where the property had to be accounted
for he Wrote, Lost in Battle" He was
mustered out and received his pay
"IIow ID you spell the name of this
little town in northeastern Kansas
where Sol Miller used to liver" asked e
man at lunch counter of visiting
'aT-r-o-yl'' said the teacher
well that is wrong" said the man
How do you spell it?'' asked the
school teacher.
.'Phthrrboign,' was the reply.
"What?'I exclaimed the teacher.
st can prove it,
'T'll bet you our suppers you car
not" said the teacher.
Well said the man, there are three
sounds in the word They are first, t.
second r and third 'oy.' In spelling
| phthisic I've find that phth has the
sound of = In 'hemorrhage' we fine
| that 'rrh' has the sound of r. and II
'poignard' we find that 'oign' has the
sound of foy.' Am 1 correct in these
statements?"
Yes" replied the teacher.
Then according to the spelling o
those words 'phthrrhoign' will spell
Troy I guess I'll eat supper at you
expense" He did.
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