The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-08-01

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prances into sarah's room. finds
Sarah in panic, a-rockin' back an
forth on the side Of her wrench;n an
screechin' bed, an a-lifting Up her
voice like all go-bang.
oh, key she says to ne, 'lFe
been robbed. I folded up my new
silk dress in a neat package and hung
st on the wall there, an now its gone.
Some man reached right through the
transom an took it. I saw his hand.
There amt no use tryin' to con
sole woman for a new SILK dfess
when it's been stole from her. so
didn't try. I just stood there and ex-
pressed my opinion of Chicago. from
Kensington to High Ridge avenue.
"tNow, key says she to me. when
I stopped on account of havin noth!n
more to say that was original, m
never goin' back without that ne"
silk dress. I'd be the laughtA stock
Of everybody. You've got to take
enough OF our moaev an buy me
new silk dress. I'll save up eggs and
butter money until I've paid you
back
at might be mistake" said l.
You lie quiet for a day or two an
mebbe the party what took the cress
will bring it back. In the meantime.
III advertise it in the newspapers.
so I went back to my room to PUT
on my new suit, an the vest WASH
under my pillow where l had put IT,
1t was tucked away in corner under
the bed. When I locked in TIE inside
rocket there wasn't any more money
there than robin could carry in his
left eye. An Us with the hotel bill
only half paid and the tickets back
home gone could see the finish Tor
the ney silk dress.
~ amt a-goin' to tell YOU what |
said to Sarah for losin Of her dress.
nor vet what she said to ne fGr los
in Of our money. She wouldn't go
out of her room until I got money
from home. an I was mighty hungry
before I thought Of pledgin' my new
gold watch. But I put the advertise-
ments in as soon as I could. and OIL
fered reward for the return OF the
dress.
$50 we went back home an wait
ed eighteen wears for that new silk
dress to be brought back. Every let
ter Sarah's got in all that time looked
to her like 1t had hint about that
dress in it. until she got 1t open
"Don't be impatient Ixused to say
to, her. Give the advertisement
chance to percolate.' So she waited,
and I waited. and the other day it
come"
whats that?" demanded the mer-
chaat. "You never got that silk dress
back again, did you? Where was it
all that time? Who stole it?'
It wasn't stole" replied Uncle Ike.
"a man who was leavin' the hotel
sseached through the wrong transom
an got it. 1t was three weeks before
he found out his mistake. and then
there was no tracin' the OCCUPANT OF
that room. Well. sir. not long ago, he
bought some seed onions of farmer.
and the farmers wife went to the gar
ret and brought out an old. old news
paper to wrap them UP in. On the
way home he noticed the paper was
dated Worlds Fair year, and so he
read it, kind Of to bring that time
back to his mind, guess. and there
he saw the advertisement FOR Sarah's
new black silk dress. After more than
eighteen years that advertisement
brought results, heard you two
talking about advertising. and !
thought I'd tell you about Aunt
Sarah's new silk dress"
rs that right" asked the mer-
chant
Sure, The dress came back good
as new. Hadn't never been taken cut
of the package so it was wrinklca
some. but sarah's wearin of it today.
Made over? Why. yes. a h''la but
it's pretty good dress y #asn't
that funny? After eighteen years.
"And if you don't get returns the
same day" laughed the agent, turn
ing to the merchant, you think you
have been defrauded."
1T begins to look to me-" said the
merchant. 'as if you brought Uncle
Ike in here to tell that story! Any
way. I'll take that advertisement, #
1t doesn't bring results for eighteen
years I may be dead. bat NY sen will
be right here in business. and he'll
get the benefit of it
You never can tell when properly
written advertisement will bring re-
suits. A mail order man told a friend,
the other day, that it was the adver-
Using ne did last year that was selling
goods for him now.-Alfred B. Tozer.
in The Michigan Tradesman.