The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-05

over the case and engraved IT. A. s.
Was her name Theresa?
And was this one of her engagement
gifts?
Somehow we like to think So
A far cry that from the day when
Theresa first wore the watch until it
finally passed under the sign of the
three gilt balls. An interim filed with
eventful moments. A romance and it's
sequel over which we stand with gloat-
ing eyes.
We next look at the meerschaum
pipes and cigar holders. The pipes are
most wonderfully carved and represent
anything from the Chariot Race in
Ben Hur'' to a Hunting Scene with
rabbit, a dog and man with a gun.
We have never seen a we'll color I'd
meerschaum pipe in pawn, and have
no doubt that after man has colored
his pipe to a rich and soul satisfying
brown no pressure on earth could in
duce him to part with It. There are
any number of meerschaum pipes
Christmas gifts or the winnings of a
rattle. And there are spoiled pipes that
have been smoked without the neces-
sary false bowls. But it seems to be
another of the many restrictions of re-
strieted man that If he wants coloreo
naeerschaum pipe he has got to color
lit himself
We are beginning to enjoy ourself
with our nose glued here to the win
dow name If it is true that life is 4
melancholy out of q song as a weasel
sucks eggs. Where are the boxing
gloves? We demand to see them! A
pawnshop window is a hollow mockery
without its boxing gloves.
Here are a pair of regulation weight
We close our eyes (the rich jewelry
rather binding us) and picture the eT7l-
bryonic Fitzsimmons who originally in
vested in those gloves No hard work
for him; he knew trick worth two
of that. Visions of 65 per cent of the
gate receipts fitted through his mind
and fat royalty on the moving pic
lures filed in the background of this
pretty vision. He would have con-
quered Life with a short arm jolt and
Ambition was a thing to be realized
with a straightrleft- on the jaw In his
younger days he was something OF q
scrapper, and by the time his chin
needed shaving he alternated his time
between setting up the pins IN an all
ley and putting 1t all over pale Iacea
youths who were trying to raise mus
Gle. How he hunChed his shoulders as
he walked How he protruded his low
er jaw. and, dear me, how Vlctously ne
spat! He rapidly acquired a local fame
and bought these gloves with money
which he borrowed from home.
And now his uncle has the gloves
and he is washing carriages in a livery
stable if we know anything about II.
Here are the revolvers. A revolver
in a pawnshop window is like tabasco
with an oyster. 1t adds piquancy
and leaves a taste. Dreamy eyed
Concentration could get subject mat
ter for a years entertainment in an
attempt to work out the different
lines of thought that are focused
upon a revolver in a paWnshop win
dow Violence goes destitute and the
Amateur Craftsman pawns his gun
for a square meal and a piece of lead
pipe
we begin to feel quite cheerful and
think that after all perhaps the little
gold watch of T. A. S which we have
noted was stolen from her by a light
fingered gent. Theresa may have
worn the watch too ostentatiously on
her bosom and the light-fingered one
may have been a pretty good sort of
chap, who merely wished to teach her
a. lesson.
We smile induIgently.- Perhaps,
after all. the babies and misses rings
were sold because they no longer fit
ted and as for the engagement rings,
no right minded girl wishes to acquire
too many at once. That leaves the
wedding rings to be accounted for,
and in all probability, they were the
| property of widows who did not wish
| to harrow the feelings of No. by
| wearing the ring of No. /.
As we peer inside the shop we see
/ the pawnbroker Can amiable looking
old mani advancing from behind the
counter and approaching the door.
If we stay here he win probably want
to sell us something, and as we could
only buy it by pawning something else
| to pay for it we move on, with our
! pipe in our mouth and at peace again
with all the wide world.-New York
Sun