Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-10

IL happened to venture out upon
crowded Broadway near Thirty ninth
street In broad daylight, when thou
eands OF persons were crowding the
altogether too narrow sidewalks. Is a
puzzle. But the mouse was there and
its appearance caused a great commo-
ton. Women frantically tried to reach
some safe elevation and there were
many men who seemed to be equally
scared Of the poor little rodent In
less time than 1t takes to tell the story
traffic on Broadway near Thirty ninth
street was blocked and normal condi-
lions were not restored until after the
scared mouse had disappeared dovn a
convenient sewer hole.
The owner Of small bakery in Sec
side, was made the victim OF clever
cwindle the other day. One morning a
boy came to the bakery and asked the
bakers wife to trust his mother for a
dozen cakes. He explained, that his
mother was sick and very poor and
did not have any money to pay for the
axes. To secure the baker. however.
she sent a picture, worth a great deal
more that the cakes and promised 20
call in few days to redeem the paint
ing by paying for the cakes. The
bakers wife let the boy have the cakes
and hung the picture on the wall back
Of the counter. A day or two later a
man made purchase in the bakery
When he saw the picture he expressed
great surprise. He informed the bak-
er's wife that the painting was great
work Of art and offered to buy 1t for
$25. The bakers wife, of course
could not sell the picture without the
consent Of the owner and after she
had explained the situation to the art
lover he left with the promise that he
would return the next day to buy the
picture should the owner be willing tc
part with II for s25. The nd-heartcf
bakeress sent for the boy who hat
brought the, picture and asked him t.
find out whether his mother would b.
willing to sell the picture for $25. Soor
he returned with the message that hi.
mother would be glad to sell the paint
ing at that price and the bakers wife
handed the boy an envelope containing
! s25 and asked him to return home ant
give the money to his mother. Th'
boy left and, as the baker learned later
handed the envelope with the money
| to the "art lover" who was waiting
| for him around the corner Of the mex
street. The picture, which the philan
| thropic bakeress purchased on commits
sion for $25, and which would hav'
been dear at % cents. is still adornini
the wall Of the bakery. shop, waiting
for the art lover" who has not We
returned, to claim the treasure.
Evil doors who come in conflict will
the law sometimes escape Jail by
very narrow margin. 1t is often salt
that a certain crook escaped Jail b!
| the SIX in Of his teeth, which metaphor
cal expression Is more picturesque thai
definite in its meaning. The driver o
an express wagon was arrested tn
other day for shooting craps" and es
capped being sent to Jail for his of
Tense only through the kindness of
sympathetic lawyer who happened t
be in the police court. To state tn
matter exactly. the prisoner cam
within IL cents Of going to Jail, surel.
O. close shave. The magistrate imposed
E. fine of 81 upon the prisoner. but TIL
latter had only IS cents. The rest o
his small fortune he had lost In tn
crap game. Pc asked the magistrat
to reduce the fine to s5 cents, but til
magistrate was Rbdurate and informe
the prisoner that the court was no
running a bargain counter. A kind
hearted lawyer present gave the pris
oner a quarter so that he could pa
his fine and buy for himself cup o
coffee and a doughnut to break hi
fast after having spent a night in tn
cell of the police station. The prisone
was grateful and promised to his gen
erous benefactor that he would reforr
his ways and gamble no more.
/ Among the new acquisitions Of til
bellevue hospitals observation ward
man who Is believed to be insane
because he went to one of the polio
stations and reported in all seriousness
that John Delaney. living at a certai
address, had been thrown into the Har
lem river by an angry woman and wa
drowned. while it was soon establishe
that the informant himself, was job
, Delaney.
We have repaired over 5000 watch
o.. tWhy7
CON W. HEssE, Jeweier.