The Washington times., 1904-11-21
ACK ARROW GOLD FOUND WITH MUCH EASE BY EARLY MORNING SAERS

in the Capitol grounds Not until II
was announced that the money had
been found did he cease in his search
ing.
early.
some of the Black Arrow money, and
This morning / started out" Stott SAYS
in telling Of his good fortune "AlI last
week for FIVE days, ! looked through
the Capitol grounds for the money hid
den there but | could not find it. There
must nave been lOVOV people up there
during the week
"I started out about a quarter of s
This morning, looking everywhere up and
down Seventeenth Street / looked
through the hedge twice before could
find the Arrow.
much as / can. 1 am on q furlough
now. and have considerable time. Be
sides this is an easy way OF making
money"
In a Store.
Persons visiting the store of Wood
ward & LothTOp were little interested
today In the assortment OF attractive
fan goods displayed in the various de-
partments.
Their attention was rather more di-
rected toward possible hiding places for
mysterious Black Arrow envelope and
the alluring contents therein.
From s O'Clock, when the store open
ed. interest was at fever heat. Every
girl in the departments on the first floor
felt sure the envelope would be con-
cealed somewhere about her particular
domain, and each was on the lookout
for any uspiCiOus-,oOking individual
who might be there for the purpose Of
secrettng the Black Arrow.
Few visitors were in the store at 8
o'clock. but hy $3.50 the girls at the vari-
Gus counters were besieged by people
who had imaginary wants.
Each waited for the other to serve
suUpOsedly disinterested shoppers, and IL
/ aoy of the clerks were inattentiye 70
the price OF things they had good rea-
Tbat the envelope was somewhere on
rarely have the various articles and
| the cases in which they repose been
given such a thorough busting and
| cleaning.
moved for weeks were carefully lifted
! from their abiding places and busted
! most assiduOusly. Stands that had been
/ In one position for many days were fac
/ ed about and replaced with the posi-
! tive assurance that no Black Arrow
/ was under any one OF them. Trays Oh
glass; ware and little ornaments. baskets
Of tooth and hand brushes. and ever
/ big notion cases were lifted relgiously
/ and put in place again by the clerk
/ in charge, each girl harboring a secret
4 hope that the next thing she should
pick up would reveal the much-sought
! tor envelope underneath.
Much Cleaning.
/ Visitors to the store peered in every
! conceivable corner. anxious that no
even the bargain table should escap'
their search From one department t,
/ the other the spurious shopper tFalle,
along with apparently no object IN view
than to look over the attractive lot o
/ goods dispIaye1 in the store
/ When the envelope was finally fOun,
the excitement among the clerks. es
/ pecially. was intense. Each girl vowei
vengeance on the one who had hiddel
the envelope for not visiting her par
I ucular department when the Black Ar
/ row was hidden.
The notion department viii. however
be glad one and all, to wait on tn
young man who so kindly selected tha
part OF the store I'm which 10 hide tn
envelope and II ne should ever want
card Of hooks and eyes or skirt brat
4 it's dollars 20 doughnuts that he win &c
them cheap.
Woman Clerks Find.
Miss fncretia VI Seaman, n clerk &
the notion department went TO Wor
this morning with the intention of End
ing the Black Arrow envelope.
When the young woman reported 70
work she jokiugly declared that If sh
found the money she did not propos
10 work all day. and thereupon Sc
about the search.
Although it was Just $40 when tn
envelope was slipped under a case con
tanning shoe Iaces, no one in the MOTTO
department had apparently any ide
that a purchaser Of a pair of brow
silk laces bought the things TO get IN
I clerk out OF the way rather tha
through any immediate use for IN
4 Strings.
i sWhen the envelope had ,, en- secure
~ hidden the reporter walked abou
watching the scene OF search.
. When Miss Seamon came in read
for work she began 10 dust about an
peer into all the things on top Of IN
shelves and underneath, while the ctht
. girls apparently took the whole thin
ii as a Joke and hardly dreamed that IA
envelope had been right under thei
noses for a long while.
The paper had been arranged so tha
, il would be as accessible TO customer
: as 10 the clerks but Miss Seaman too
, no chances. and looked into everything
II WAS Just o o'clnck when the youn
p woman lifted out the case containin
the shoe iaces, bat tnere was nothin
I in sight 10 attract her attention but
: strip of paper which had been put b'