Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-24
A Bachelor Quest.

Charles shaw, attorney, was lcfty
and unmarried. He had proposed
twice and been rejected both times.
After that he refrained and became
cynical about marriage.
One night in returning from his club
to his bachelor quarters he witnessed
a collision between a hack and street
car. The street car couldn't turn out
and the hack wouldn't, and so they
came together with a crash.
When the incident had rescued its
end Mr.. Shaw resumed his way. bat he
hadn't taken twenty steps when he
made a find ON the sidewalk. II SSas
white satin slipper. and 1t belonged to
a woman with a dainty foot. The flnd-
er admired It by lamplight and then
slipped it into his pocket his heart
gave sort OF funk as he did so. Herr
was a seed OF romance-a lost slipper,
a dainty slipper, a slipper belonging
to some fair lady who had fed from
the collision in wild haste. She must
have been without an escort or the
slipper would have been searched for
and found. What was a handsome wo-
man doing that she was out alone al
midnight? Had the question been rrt
to him by a caller at his Office the
lawyer would have answered that she
probably belonged 10 the Tenderloin
and charged $40 for the information;
bur, as it was, he made himself believe
that it was far otherwise. AS he TOOK
the slipper out of his pocket and looked
at it with the eyes Of man of the
world and an old bachelor instinct
told him that the loser was a damsel.
that she was blond that she had merry
blue eyes. that she had AIN aristocratic
foot and belonged TO the Four Hun
bred. Real old solid romance was bub-
bling and seething In his bosom before
he went to bed that night He may
have thrust the slipper under his pill
low. He may have put It into the
pocket of his nightshirt so as to have
It next his heart
If the slipper had looked cute and
dainty and aristocratic by gaslight 1t
looked 90 per cent more so in the sun
shine of the morning. Instead Of dying
out, the romance dubbed the harder.
Mr.. Shaw felt that he had case where
the jury couldn't go back on him. BE
eaEed long at the dainty thing before
ne went to breakfast. Then he put it
In his pocket and carried 1t to his
Office and placed it on his desk. His
girl typist saw it there and was prop
erly shocked. A man who wanted to
sue another man because his dog had
h ND ~
without suing. An old woman who
wanted to lend some money on a mort
gage saw It there and went right of
and consulted a lawyer who had been
married fortweny years. None of these
things affected Mr.. Shaw, however.
Next day the papers contained
carefully worded advertisement to the
effect that a gentleman who saw the
collision that took place In certain
locality had made find afterward and
was anxious to restore the article to
the loser Some men would have men
toned the slipper right out in print
Mr.. Shaw didn't do this ont of respec>
to the damsers feelings. II she ha
been out Summing alone he wasn't go
ing to give her away to her stern ia
Their or Mortified mother. 1t was just
mentioned as a find" and the result
was what might have been expected.
One man wrote that he had lost bot
tie of whisky in the crash and would
be much obliged at receiving 1t back.
Another wrote that he had missed a
wad of $14 and was glad to find an
honest man A third had lost his hat
and a fourth a cane, and three women
wrote about lost bags and back combs.
The one who lost the slipper didn't
write, however. Mr. Shaw figured it
out that she hadn't got up early enough
In the morning TO see the paper before
the cook logged it downstairs, and be
advertised again. No answer from
her The only epistle was from par
~ who claimed to have lost his wood
en- leg in the accident, and he dropped
a warning that it must be returned
within three days or he would limp
around to police headquarters and set
fifty detectives at work on the case.
For a third and fourth time Mt.
Shaw ordered that advertisement In
serted. In fact, he made It a st r."
ad., which means that IL was to ruB
till forbidden. he felt that sooner or
later the damsel must see it. She was
no doubt wondering what chevalier
had picked 1t up, and she would won
der until she turned to the papers
The ad. was given place between d
bulldog for sale cheap and second
hand farm wagon for sale at a bar
gain, but he had fattA that her eyes
would light on 1t. And Mr. Shaw was
rewarded The day came when his
Office boy hunted him up at lunch and
told him that there was lady waiting
at the Office, and he almost ran the
four blocks There was a lady. She
was young lady. She was a colored
young lady. She had taken the slip
per OF the desk and was holding It
Ia her hand.
Much obleeged. boss" she said as
the lawyer stared at her.
Then it was you-you"-
1T was me, sab 1t was me and
Julius. We had been to de show and
was comm home. Dat crash Topped
me down on de fob, and IL Topped
Julius outer de back doah, and it was
while I was runnin' arter dat pesky
Niger dat de slipper come of, and
went home on my uppers- Yes, sab.
~ Siss13sst me a dollar and half
e. washed fur and earned-and 1t
was migiztg nice fur you to put cat
ad. in de ,,aper and help a pore znl
End her sfissin' property. II jules
wasn't std skeered and on de run
I'd have HIM
But Mr.. Shaw intimated that the In
aerview was eft an end and sat down