The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-24
ONLY A BUNCH OF RED HAIR,
BUT 1T MADE TROUBLE
Woman Loses Her Switch Which FInal-
w Found MendIno Enoine.

Woman Loses Her Switch Which FInal-
Iy Found MendIng Engine.
well, think you had better go to
school again. You a married man and
don't know more about such things"
Clerk Churchill, at the Windsor hotel,
WINGED and bit his lip. If anyone but a
woman had spoke to him in that manner
there would have been a fight. But being
prepoSsesSing woman and having her
Slx-foot husband with her, it was diff
ferent proposition. Churchill is said to
have undergone great mental anguish in
the past three weeks. His hair is sprout-
ing gray, and all because of the mysteri-
Gus disappearance of a womans switch
This is how it happened" explained
Churchill to a sympathetic listener.
Three weeks ago this woman, Mrs.
McCreery, of Chicago, stopped here for
several days. She departed hurriedly one
night in response to a telegram from her
husband, and somehow in her haste for
got to take her switch with her. All
kinds of kilograms came flowing in for
several days, but no trace of 1T could be-
found. 1 searched high and low and even
went through all the chambermaids'
rooms, thinking they might have, taken
1t; Now, between you and me-, whisper
ed Churchill, confdentially, II always
thought that this woman was about the
sweetest little thing that ever happened
as Mrs. Leslie Carter's which some folks
call red. Now, don't want you to think
I say this out of spite, as l don't
Pretty soon the kilograms began to
get saucy, and then a roast of letter
came 1t was nice, warm bunch. Well,
a few days ago l happened to go down
gan, and imagine my surprise when !
saw that darned red switch tied around
leaky steam pipe; asked James In:
gave it to me- Well, you just take. #
off there in a hurry and clean it up
said. for 1 was feeling pretty sore.
didn't tell me about the switch. Switch
replied L., she, .youse don't know 9 pwhat
swered 1; but you gave 1t to James.
Why, sor, yer a liar retorted She ele-
waiting her nose. That's, the Irish OF 1T;
showed her the switch oh. is that what
youse wer- lookin' fer? Ara, then, knew
where thot whisp of hair was all the
tonne. Why didn't youse say it was
woman's wig?'
:, What could say? What could I do?
I was simply up against it. | had written
several lengthy letters to this woman, to
convince her that her crimson wig wasn't
around the place. told her she must have
lost it on the way to the train, and when
she began to kick over the traces wrote
that didn't believe she ever had one and
was trying. to do us.
Il had the blooming thing fetched up
and washed and brushed nicely. But 1t
was no go. The blamed thing was ruined.
So 1 sent James out to buy a new one. He
tramped all over the town for two days.
but couldn't find the right COLOR The third
morning he returned all smiles and knew
that he was successful. 1 wrapped the
thing up nicely and laid it away waiting
her return, which I knew would be in q
few days. Yesterday she came back. 1
made a raft of apologies and she, oh, she
was nicer than ever. She had been in her
room but a little while when she came
down stairs as red as beet and had her
husband with her. 1 was in the center OF
the lobby talking to some women and she
roasted me to fare-you- well 1t was
peach of a roast and she blatted 1t out
right before everybody. Feel cheap! Well,
you could have bought me for a wooden
penny with hole in It."
What was she hot about?"
"Oh that d fool James had purchased
switch three shades lighter than the
one she left. / guess he's color blind. But
hush, she comes."-Denver Post.