Evening journal., 1908-10-27
POKED SCISSORS
AT A SALESMAN
5. ]. SiIverStein Had a Thrill
ing Experience, But No
Damage Was Done

Held up at the point Of a pair OF but
ton-hoie scissors in broad daylight and
commanded to hand over. not your Valu-
ables, but your name is the strange ex-
perienoes that befel travelling salesman
this morning. and the salesman viii take.
oath to it.
S. ]. silverstein undoubtedly. does not
claim to be a romancer OF the old school
OF Of any school. He says he's just plain
every day travelling man for New
York clothing firm. He has been in VIII
mington before this day and is pretty
well known over at the Clayton House
Tic started out this morning 10 caffupon
his customers. He was coming out of a
place in Market street when. according to
him. a man approached and with a pair
OF small scissors in his hand asked Sill
verstein his name.
The story as related by the travelling
man goes something like this. Il looked
into this bold hghwaymans eyes and
then at the ugly looking weapon he poini-
ei straight az my heart II was a pair Of
button-hole scissors very delicately made
and pointed 10 the sharpest degree Of ef-
noiency.
ITO be accosted by a stranger I'm broad
day light, without knowing whether the
scissors were loaded with a deadly OK
! plcsive, is not very pleasant"
Voices interrupt here to tell sam 10 20
on with the story and leave out the friils
and the thrills.
Scissors His Weapon.
well as I was saying for heavens sake
viii you blow the smoke from that three.
for-five down the furnace radiator. BIZ
as I was saying I looked at the bn,d
highwayman and he looked at me. Then
for an interval both Of us looked al eacl
other. The looks were daggerly-'
"Were whatY'
''Daggerly. daggery. like daggers: who
is telling this anyway. II YOU want 10 tel
what happened why go right ahead. II
not then kindly take a seat under the
stairs and let me proceed. As I was say.
ing. the interval was daggerly-"
''You said the look was"
Il know I did. I'm not here to conduct
an argument. I want to relate my adven.
ture. This isn't a convention on woman
suffrage. To continue. The stranger look.
ed at me out of his bold right eye"
"He only had one eye. heyg"
And said in a husky voice. give me
your name or I'll blow YOU to-"
20. come now that's too thin Your
stretching that story"
Il refused to give the man my name
Then. frustrated az my holiness he
paused for a second. but only for sec.
ond--"
How dyou know twas a second"
"And then. his voice shaking with rage
whispered hissingly into my ear. where,
your license Well gentlemen. I will con.
fess that 7 was up a tree as It were. FOL
I had no license What could I doy'
Nothing"
you are right. And that is what did.
Sslesmen Rivals.
Silence for a few minutes Then the in
terrupter came again with this one; wei
what happened then. Don't leave US ir
the dark as to how you escaped"
''The stranger left me suddenly an
started for the police station. I followed
There he complained 10 the police tha
I was butting in on his territory"
"Ha ha. I see And what did you dof'
It seems that nothing was done In thu
matter. Captain Kane said that he didni
wish TO take a hand in any personal quar-
rel and silverstein had no complaint e
make against the other man. But FOR al
that the travelling salesman will tell yol
the story II you ask him in much th'
same manner II is told here.