The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

thrust h paper into his hands and
rushed out, slamming the door behind
me. l don't think I stopped running
until l got to Sixth avenue, l was so
me and Till me. 1t sounds foolish now,
but I didn't get over my fright 1 had
all night.
Gives You Heart Disease.
Serving papers is enough to Civ,
you heart disease anyway. AT first l
nearly always went around with my
heart in my throat for fear some slip
at the last minute would prevent my
serving the paper. One of the cases
=! remember especially as making me
Ieel that way was n where the bill
for .$l.O52.76 had stood for a long time
against a man whom we will call Mr..
N. The people had lived in an uptown
apartment, but had moved so often that
IT was almost impossible to trace them.
But at last l located the man down.
town only to find that it was his wife,
not he. who was responsible for the
debt.
"At last I managed to find out his
home address, but each Of the five
times I called Mrs. N. was out. From
her maid l finally learned the names Of
some clubs she belonged to and then
left the place alone for two weeks.
When I went again Mrs. N. was. as
usual, not at home, SO 1 said I would
wait for her. l had been there about
an hour when her husband came in.
n l was so afraid that he might rec
ogn1ze me as the woman who had been
to his office that I could hardly speak.
But he didn't. though he asked rather
what l wanted with his wife.
Now. Mr.. NJ I answered as polite
~ as you please, you don't want me to
bother you with an answer to that, I
know. There's lots of little matters
that W women. especially two club
women. might discuss that wouldn't
interest a gentleman a bit. SO I'm just
not going to bore you with them
After that he sat and chatted to
me as nice as you please until the din
ner bell rang. When I heard that I
was sure I'd ave to 20, but he told me
to wait. If I still wished to, as his wife
was certain to be in soon. And, sure
enough, in a few minutes sho came
iouncing in. looking none too anna
BILE when she saw mo sitting there with
her husband.
Mrs. N.T I asked.
Yes, that's me- she snapped back.
and I'd like to know what business
you have with me-
why. I know several ladies who
belong to your clubs, Mrs. NJ, and
they suggested that I come to o al
I represent o. firm that has some very
fine toilet preparations
I'm not old or silly enough to be
interested in that sort of trash she
shifted, cycling me resentfully.
AT least, perhaps. you will look at
this note I have brought you,' I said,
quietly, and handed her the paper
which I a taken the p%recaution to
inclose in a nice envelope, directed to
her.
"She almost snatched it from me, and
as she opened 1t and saw what it WIS
she gave one shrek and thrust ? at
her husband. I turned and ran, aid I,
tell you did not envy him the scene L,
knew l was leaving him to.
Lots of Real Lively Times.
ooh, I've had lots Of real lively times
In the business. I couldn't begin to
tell you about them all, but here's one
that was rather queer in the way 1t
worked out:
II had a paper to serve OF a certain
George E., who. I was told, was
rather a smooth customer. l wrote
him a decoy letter, asking him to call
at my home, and he came, but he was
smart enough to call on a Sunday, and
a paper served on Sunday is invalid.
when I saw him 1 did not quite
know 10Y tc get out of it, but I just
thought quickly n told him he was
not the man I a known. and apollo
gized for having given him the trouble
of coming there. I knew he did not
believe me, and that he suspected my
real motive, but I had seen him and
would know him again, and that was;
an advantage.
IT did not know just how I was going
to catch him, but I carried that paper
with me constantly, for six weeks. feel
ing sure that I'd run across him some-i
where. And sure enough, n morning
he walked into an Amsterdam avenue
car where I was sitting.
II knew me at once, and got very
! red, out 1 suppose he cid not count on
my having the p with me, for he
came In and sat down. l crossed right
over to where he sat.
"'Good morning, Mr.. E. said I cheer
though he didn't like it a bit. The man
e to him moved ava and l took a.
seat beside him.
Nice Little love Letters. F.,
Here's e nice little love letter I've
got for you l said, and tucked the blue
paper into his pocket. r..
Every man on that car grinned, and
some of them chuckled, for there was
nc installing what the paper was, and
you should nav seen the color Of the
victims face! l thought he'd have
apoplexy.
"'You think you're awful smart,
don't your he sneered. Well, I'll Just,
tell you it won do you a bit Of good.
1 can't pay that bill, and I'm not going
to, and 1 want to tell you right here 1
was on to you the first time 1 saw you.
You're not so smart as you think
"'Oh, yes, 1 am I said pleasantly,
because I've got ahead of you, and
you're so smart it would take a smart
woman to do that
And then I got off the car and went
in and told the head Of the grocery firm
to whom the bill was due about it, and