The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-07
STORIES OF
 THE NOTABLES

Irving Grinnell, treasurer of the Church Temperance Society of New York, told at a temperance meeting dramatic story.
 "A woman entered a bar room," he said. land advanced quietly to her nus band, who sat drinking with three oth- CT men.
 She placed q covered ulsn oh the table and said:
 "HThinkin' ye'd be too busy to come home to supper, Jack, I've fetcned II to you here.'
 "And she departed.
 ''The man laughed awkwardly. He invited his friends to share the meal with him. Then he removed the cover from the dish.
 saThe dish was empty. It contained slip of paper that said:
 "T hope you will enjoy your sup per. It is the same your wife and children have at home"
 "what do I think of Kleptomania? said William A. Pinkerton. Well. let me tell you a kleptomania story. This story fits, I hold, about nine cases out
 "A New York specialist got on a certain morning the card of one of the richest of our western millionaires. He went down instantly and found a very handsome, well-dressed man, who said:
 CT am here. sir, on d delicate and painfuI mission. My wife is victim of kleptomania and, knowing your skill in mental diseases. I have brought her on for treatment under you "Bring the lady to see me tomor- row morning. said the physician. "Tt will be best perhaps. not to bring her to your office faltered the | eiyht nf other tients might excite her. suggest--'
 "Ill receive her in my drawing room Will that be better? asked the physician.
 "'oh, much better, said the other in relieved tone. And the next day the western miI- lionaire led into the physician's draw Ipg room a young woman of singular | beauty She was magnihcently dressed but her eyes were furtive and restless and. when she thought no one was looking at her, she secreted under heI coat a number Of valuable ivories, in' taglios, jeweIed miniatures, carvings tn green jade and various costly bibc- lots. The physician and the westernoI smiled slightly at one another.
 "The physician after his examina- ton of the patient told the husband to return the next day alone.
 "And when I come. the husband whispered. I'll bring back these thiuEI that she has taken.
 "'Do,' said the physician.
 "'I will said the westerner.
 But he didn't. He won't. He and his wife are thieves and they have worked their kleptomania dodge in nearly every city in America"
 Superintendent John Finn ot the Tn. dian schools of Chamberlain. S. D., has at his tongues end many quaint stnr- ies of Indian children.
 Anent fatigue he said one day:
 "A little redskin, Black Eagle, acc companied me on tramp of sixteen miles.
 'The boy walked we'll for his age. but the last two or three miles went hard with him. He gave pretty plain evidences of fatigue.
 ""Tired? said l.
 "No.' he answered; T am not tired, but I'd be glad If l could only take of my legs and carry them under my arms a while
 Edward Everett Hale" said a law yer was one of the guests at mill lionaire's dinner.
 The millionaire was freo spender, hut he wanted full credit for every dollar put out
 And as the dinner progressed he told his guests what the more eXpen- sive dishes had cost "Thls terrspin' he would say, was