The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-08-09

WE'RE YOU LOOKING FOR ANYBODY?'
as she stood there to recognize her as
the llundress he had parted from three
months previous. The parting had been
a very quiet one. He had simply re-
t!rel from that quarter of the city and
lady and lGundreSS.
50 have found YOU OUT" said the
l"Uldr2ss IS she sat down on a bro
ken blcie,! chair anI set her jaw
can it be my dear laundrcss, Mrs
i!a@.cton!" exclaimed the major as he
jumped IL. No Bat it is. Excuse
this emotion, my dear woman, bat you
take me Of my feet. So You did not
dic:"
why should / Gie!'
"BecaUso people who are hit by Il
three toH automobile and flung a hun
drel feet E:rh generally die over it.
VIXEN VAS to.l by a policeman that
YOU had beca hit AID taken to tie hos
p;t3i AID The L.; reports from you
slowed that y1u had been unconscious
fer thirty hours | gave up all hopes
felt almost as II sister of mine was
passing from earth away. Well. well,
'',:t how strangely Times do turn out
Here you are. il TIE best Of health and
y,..;h a completion that 4 priaccss
:.i-ht envy, and all the time l have
.i.oUcht Of you as lying meath the viii
low"
Sir, you owe me for doing up seven
teen shirts" solr@!nly replied the wo-
man, rot in the least battered by his
Tor,.s.
Ut cannot BE-, Mrs. Iaz!eton-it can
nJt ne. never owned seventeen shirts
u once in ny he
Then it vas .o.aE up one shirt sew
alteen times. which amounts to the
same thing. was never struck by an
auto. never went to the hospital.
No policeman eyer held any CONVERSE
t:9l Win YOU about HE. You simply
tried to blk me. have been looking
70" you for weeks. I have found you.
want my money"
My dea". dear woman, do you know
what coincidence is:" asked the maj
or as he walked about.
You owe me for seventeen shirts,
sir"
"And i sat here thinking of YOU as
you entered that door. was wonder
ing If You hal a tombstone at your
grave. As wondered the tears came
to my eyes In my days Of pover..
you were one Of the few who trusted
me- Instead of demanding cash down
when came for my shirt you wrapped
ii up ana smiled on me- Many and
many 4 time ] vowed that
You vowed that YOU would dead
beat me. and you did, but youIl pay
now or there'll be a row"
And when | got to thinking that
your grave was unmarked felt it my
dut" = order a tombstone for it. |
should have got one with lamb on
top. 1t would have stated that YOU
were virtuouS. honest and always iron
ci all the wrinkles out. Not the equal
OF steam. perhaps, but better than q
John Chinaman. That tombstone would
have cost all Of 5000, Mrs. HaZleton.
ana the pottcd flowers on the grave
would have cost $50 more. That's the
kind Of a man | am"
Seventeen shirts, Major Crofoot. ami
don't leave until | am paid"
Why mix seventeen shirts with sen
timent, my dear woman? However.
let me say to you that am glad you
are here. The debt is one Of honor ana
shall be discharged at once. Seventeen
shirts at 8 cents apiece is 1896.
could hand you a check for that amount /
ana you would 90 away smiling. but /.
am any such man? Would that ex-
press the gratitude yelling up in my
BOSOM every time my thoughts have
turned to you? Heaven forbid! was
on my uppors when you trusted me.