The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-02
a TAlloR.s SUI.


A writer in the Herald of the City Of
Mexico naTTates.
SCme time ago a well-znown French
tailor OF this city who caters specially
/ Il the foreign trade. got in a piece Of
goods among others. that even the most
bold CT the giddy youth OF the city dared
not order suit from il. Joseph many
colored garb wouldn't have been in IL
with traje cut from this particular
I,4ece OF cloth
Finally firing of seeing the piece in
! stock, the tailor concluded TO make II
| into a suit for himself As he was az the
time vel supplied with clothing. contrary
| To the general rule with opponents OF
the sartorial art, he was somewhat az a
loss to know Just what sort OF a suit he
should make Of Il. Since the diagram and
colors OF the goods made it eligible for
. but few uses within the dictates OF the
ruling modes, the -sastre'' at length de-
cided upon making Il into a riding suit
which was forthwith done with much
care by his best workmen.
To be sure. the tailor had no horse, but
the cloth was Mt for nothing but riding
suit, and the goods had TO be used for
something that it might not be a total
less.
Before the making of this gorgeous rid
ing suit the tailor had been known as a
modest sort OF fellow. bat as he saw the
habil.nents OF a horseman hanging be-
fore his eyes day after day, there grew
uron him a longing to become the owner
OF horse so that he might have a chance
OF exercising not the animal so much as
the suit
In brief. he borrowed s25 from a friend
and with every cent CT his savings from
the bank went few days ago. clad in his
hCrsey rags. to Coyoacan. where he pur-
chased a spirited horse from a well-knOwn
professional man OF the city. Mounting
with a great show OF dignity spoiled by
a side wheel of the beast which fairly
threw him into the saddle as a slab OF
bacon is tossed upon top shelf, he start
cd for The city
II took but a short time for the luck
less tailor TO demonstrate TO his own sat
is1action and the unbounded delight Of
the small boys along the road that he
knew more about stitching and bastinC
than he did of navigating a hard mcuthed
horse along even a suburban highway, but
in spite of discoura ginG revelations he
kept on like a scow boatman navigating
greater confidence in himself. when hap
pening to dig his long spurs into the side
OF his steed, the long impending dis
aster came, and it was all of with the
tailor.
When the unfortunate horseman picked
himself up from the mud-hOle into which
he had dived head foremost. his horse
was galloping across the fields. There
was nothing for it but TO accept the
handicap and attempt 10 Overtake the fu-
sitive, and at the first stride a roweled
heel became entangied in one OF the
straps Of his fancy leggings and the tailor
pumped into a ditch of stink water. He
scrambled out and made his way across
the open field. but the horse by this time
had disappeared. 1t was late in the af
ternoon and the threatening clouds let
loose in down-pour OF rain which lasted
far into the night. In the darkness the
poor tailor became horelessly lost and
Eouncered aimlessly about through the
mud and rain until after midnight when
happening upon couple OF swine herGers
driving their hogs slowly to market. he
Joined them and just as the dawn Of
new day was breaking, arrived al his
lodgings.
Utterly exhausted, the poor tailor went
to bed 100 sick to report the loss of his
horse During the time of his absence
several customers called to leave orders
for suits, but finding him cut. went else
where. When he rose from his bed late
in the afternoon he felt more like himself
and sent a man to search for the missing
horse. Sometime the next day the beast
was found. taken up by the authorities
win the man VINO had round MIN lmpris-
oned is a suspected horse thief To clear
the thing ali up, recover the horse. pay
for assistance in 50 doing. and salve our
outraged feelings. not to speak Of quart
OF liniment for the c2ballo. cost the luck
less clothes maker SO. Having recovered
his horse he found him just as much as
white elephant on his hands. Fearing
again TO mount him he sent the beast to
q pension de caballos where he is now
eating his head OF at the rate of s25 a
month.
As for the loud and vociferous riding
suit, ike the squirrel which was the
cause Of al the farrier's troubles. the
treatment il received in the fields that
rainy night utterly ruined its appearance
and brought it's period of doubtful use
fulness 10 an ahr1lnt Termination