The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-03

that sometimes come to man. |
ducked my head-and as ! ducked, a
sandbag came flying through the air
from behind one of the posts and
glancing down the back of my head,
broke my new hat and rulIled my
spirits terribly.
Hauling off with my fist, smashed
the fellow and started TO run. ! heard
him go down and before had gone
more than a few yards l decided to
return and kick him into innocuous
dcsuetude Just as | was about to
turn, | looked over my shoulder and
saw there were two of them.
Strange as 1t may seem, | didn't
go back. In fact, think that Maud
s. would have learned some pointers
on speed If she had been travelling in
my class that night,
The worst Of II all was the hat had
been new that very evening-and /
guess you know how scarce hats are
when a fellow Is a cub newspaper re.
porter in Chicago"
Il suppose YOU boys have heard
about Dick Little's overcoat that was
stolen few winters ago" offered Ed
die Fox. Dick was just back from
hobnobbing with the Russian and Jap
anf Sc armies, aud the only overcoat he
owned was one of those big, hairy
things that the Russian rag peddler
always wears when ne comes to this
country FIRST. After Dick had been
home few days, he raised the price
of dandy now overcoat and wore It
up to the Press CLUB with great deal
of cclat--whatever that is.
"Gick went in to sup and left his
overcoat in the cloak room When he
called to get it, the beautiful new toga
was gonc,"
GrOans from the board.
yes" continued Fox, smiling. "lt
was gone-and in IT'S place was most
digreputable looking coat, almost as
bad as the one Dick wore home from
The Russ war. There We're tears In
Dick's eyes when he looked at It and
thought of the one he had lost, but he
mastared his grief and went home
oycicoatless.
fThe next morning he got letter.
II was from the thief, who said he
Wasn't a real thief, but a gentleman
IN straitened circumstances, He told
Dick he had taken his coat down to
Ickenstelns pawnshOp on Dearborn
street and pawned 1t for 50. He told
Dick to so down and pay the So and
got his overcoat-and the funny part
of it was, the story was true. Dick
got his coat
"lIe tried for week to locate the
fellow who needed help, even advertia-
ing in the papers that he would get
him a job If he would report at the
club, but The 81 evidently went a long
way with him. for Richard never
learned anything more Of him.
"1he best part OF that story" broke
In Humphrey, was that the thief
found Dicks note book in the overcoat
pocket with some memoranda to
phone so aud so and TO do this and
that on such and such a date, After
,phoning as though he were Little and
doing all the odd jobs that Richard
had planned TO do, he took the two
theater tickets that were in the book,
and mailed them TO Little in the letter
OF explanation, beggtng Dicks pardon
and trusting the tickets would reach
him in time for use"
"And did they?" asked Miller,
rOh, yes--but Dick went to sleep on
the Press club sofa and forgot all
about the young ladies' he was going
to take TO the theater on the tickets
the fellow returned"
And | know Miller spok" the truth,
for was there when Dick woke up
gazed dazedly at the clock and calmly
swore at himself.
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