The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-03-11
HID IN A CLOSET.
1is Desperate Attempt to Evado a Bill
HoJlactor. AZ

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u'ha hill collector is human, ana AT TIMES
| inds and appreciates nulioi II, 49,,
usually disagreeable pursuit. Inc ueu.o,s
Usually seek to avoid a meeting with tnelr
Inn sometimes leaving their offices Wheni
, can impends or retiring to inner rooms
| 'eaving word that they are out. but eiiey
,annot entirely ~forsalie their places OF
! business. and so 1t is that they are occa-
| sionaly found in" But an instance was
,ately recounted by a collector WHEREIN
the debtor was found both In and out AT
the same time. He said that WINE solls
IN the steps Of an office building last
summer he glanced in a mirror at the
head of the stairway which was on sucn
A plane as to show the open door OF the
| office he was about to visit IN DIS o1f1clat
capacity. Through the door could be seen
4 portion OF the desk at which sat the
head of the firm, whom the collector de-
sired to see, and back of him a door. Al
the instant the collector came within line
Of this reflection the gentleman within
noticed the visitor coming and recog-
nized him. Jumping up quickly he made
several gestures to his secretary, opened
the door behind him and stepped into the
dusty closet 1t concealed, closing the door
behind him. F
When our friend entered he was plausi-
bly, informed In answer to his inquiries
tina Mr.. Blank was out and would prob
ably not return before 1880. 1t was then
about I;a0 and a sultry morning In July.
well, SIR" thought the visitor. eff I
don't squeeze hiln-m-mh." After looking
at his watch ne remarked as he took off
his hat and wiped the persiration from his
brow that he had plenty of time and
nothing to do, so he guessed he'd wait
for MI. Blank. Drawing up a chair he
sat dow and leaned back against tho
closet door while he looked over his note
book.
Being a warm, sultry day, and the closet
small and dusty, it was not long before
there was an uneasy stir behind The door:
but the visitor sat still. He now had out
4 section of the previous days paper, on
tanning an instalment of an interesting
serial novel, and with the aid of the cleo
tric fan over In the corner shunttEg a
fresh breeze in his direction he calculated
to spend the balance OF the hour quite
pleasantly, However, after thirty or for
" minutes, when the movement Inside in
1ieated the elimination of a crisis, the
collector considered the effect such sever
g~rueling and possible humiliation might
have on his case. He decided that 1t
would he best for him to leave. Stating
that he would return shortly, he left tbs
offlce. Before reaching the head of tho
stairs he heard the sound of the prisoner
bursting from his confinement. In the
mirror the collector now saw his victim,
griny with perspiration and dust, sink
weakly into a chair.
The collector congratulated himself that
1e had not carried the punishment fur
Tier, for the MAJ might have allowed
himself to faint rather than reveal him
SELF, entalling more or le.' serious conse-
alenceS. AS It was, the deceptive debtor
was given a severe lesson and will doubt
less be willing 10 stand for an Jufer,.tau,