The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-03-30
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s. How He Escap ped. j.


said u grocer /" n customer, i can
re. uunnnnd. for "" sold them Tor
years
w hat SO interests YOU IN that
brand: You're always trying to soil
them To me. when You know | prefer
another hlnd DO YOU mnk" more uu
them
NJ" There is - very different "N-
plantation Come il, here and III ten
you.
And. leading IT," WY t" hs; private
office h" told the following story:
'nn" ia, some years ago ~ young
woman cam" in here 10 buy >ulur
cnulfcd good. | waited uu her MYSELF
These tomatoes were new in IN" mat
kct then. and | had been offered il.
duccmcniS {" push them. The girl
didn't appear I" know what she want
cd and was Il Iii fuStrrcd hut there
seemed 10 be something about th"
label Oh the tomatoes that attracted
her attention. II covered the can FROM
top to bottom. and on il was Il c"lnr"d
piclur" # several rip" Tomatoes in
deed. The San4e label lhat is used 10
day. | sold her u can and n can OF
peas. both of which she seemed to
select under Inc influences "f HE labels
She took her, away with h"r.
''Thr next day she brought thrln
back, telling IA" thHt ~h" wished ~"
shin them With some other arii, los
she intended t" purchase Sh" then
selected u lot of canned goods mar
mtlahc. peaches. jelly and the like
directing me tn pack al il ON" box.
Tlcv were t. he sent TO her invalid
brother. IN care If 81 certain person ut
Il town near the scntcr If the state"
She pHid Ill oharg"s and left m" to-
ship the box when liked
- took an especial interest i'll the
girl from the first. She WAS so pref
ty. SO sad and before she went away
gave me an appealing look whic, in
tcrpretcd t" mean that she wanted me
to hc sure that her brother received
thc dclicaccS In good order. | super
intended the packing myself. aud, no
ticinr hat the can Of peas indicated
fermentation. put il aside and got
another The rest Of The goods seemed
t" br I'LL RIGHT. and | shipped them.
Il left the can Of peas in the pack
in. room till the next Day. when took
it NJ /" put il AWAY. II had stood all
night near II sink. aud some one had
spilled some water over it. | felt the
label slip away and nj iced that souc-
thing had been wrapped tightly under
il. Setting it down ON II shelf. SAW
that lot of small thin saws had been
soucrcl around The can
You may imagine my establishment.
My first impulse was to CALI some Que
to see my ti,d: Out, suddenly realizing
that the position in which | was placed
the can NJ to The top floor where |
could examine II alone. The saws
were highly tempered and would cut
right through iron Upon reflection |
surnierd that til" Sirl had taken thi;
and the can of Tomatoes home with
her that the files might be fixed he
meath the labels. The tomatoes had
been shipped and would doubtless 20
to some prisoner who would tlse the
saws about them il cut himself out.
The girl hal s',rrrpti iuu&lY uSe' our
firm. believing that any goods coming
from MS would net be suspected
Here was Il situation. Suppose the
saws We're discovered by the au.hor-
ties. | had Il fine prospect Of taking
the place of the prisoner. resolved
to telegraph at once to the prison off
cfals Il warning that would protect
me from Intentional completely. | hid
the can with the saws still on il and,
going to the office. was writ iug tia
telegram. when. feeling that some uae
was looking over my shoulder. turned
and saw the girl who had trapped ne
l had written enough # the Telegram,
for her TO see ttlat her game was 1lp.
"There was no one else in the office
| stepped to the door closed and
locked it. For an hour [ listened to a
story with Infinite complications: which
portrayed the landing Of al innocent
young man, the girls brother in iaiI
for crime of embezzlelnrnt into
which he had been trapped hy the real
criminals
''The girl. overanXious as to the shin
ment If the goods. had called ustenSi-
bly, for the pureF base Of some article
for herself. but really to ask if ths, box
had been sent. Seeing me in the office
writing. she lad slipped in and. look
ing over my shoulder. learned the stu
alton Having told her story. she con
cludcd:
- know it has been very wrong of
me to use You in this fashion but
"pn yen rea|ize. asked. that if
the saws ;rc discovered J run The ri k
of going 10 prison myself"
i did not think IF thlt. | will con
fess to have done it all myself
II shook ny head.
what are You going to 'doT
II sat for some minutes dcliboralinr
Neither of us spoke. There was thr
usual going on uf business outside that
could be seen through glass parti-
ton. but within the little inclustre all
was silent as the tomb. Presently I