The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-13
T hadn't Il'l Falned a. Wa.

fame Of d cigar label; II
l Lots wife ,(whose name,
ct this particular moment,
fail to recollectl hadn't
Looked around. manys the rumorlst
lio Void ~ shy suddry half dollars;
lssses ant met Calypso, Pencil
pte ting would have been accom-
plialied IA q reasonably small compass
~ iHes thus, u. on the morning OF
aIafstEtenthS d blizzard hadn't romped
iti from the Atlantic, there wouldn't
iayes been any wrong coat. The day
lcfef had been treacherously warm
md apFlngliks, and ! had gone about
agairs without any coat. 1t is al
the eeem1ngly inhnitesimaI
tkIngB that count heaviest in the final
eckontng,
hadnt gone two blocks from Mou'
unir.s that night, when noted the
faetsttat was wearing a coat that
slic sEot Belpngsto me. With ii groyl
L tifled around and went back. | sim
MY Wasted my time; my coat was no.
5ylefebto be found. stormed about
seitdl6g the Walters Jumping all over
4 tie festalra but to no avail. Final.
lined down and admitted that It
NAE glL my own fault. ] should have
mined the coat when 4 shouldered
into SD IiIeTt word at the cashiers
desk aud sought the street again.
Doubtless you have lost a coat or
hat. in your time, u you who read
b sliflbpe to hesa man. 1t Is curious,
hut; ITO mat ter how much you are bet
tered In the exchange, you raise a
vi you make the echoes ache with
your lamentations. There Is nothing
on earth youi@ant save your own cont
II and lat. To be sure, II, in the pockets
81 the wrong coat, there happen to be
q eYeFal thousand dollars, your howl Is
4 mbdlHea and innocuotls, and you go ut
once 70 look for the other fellow
perhaps. But, as In this instance
& there we're only thirty-tlve cents, q
Cancelled railroad ticket, and a scatter
ins of cloves and tablofds for the
3bfeathS my cries were heard afar,
IIang Sslt absent.minded buffers. my
4 self included, whose wits go wool
sgat hering at bad times! The coat was
Just like mine, a light gray winter pad
dock lined with heavy satin. The only
diferehce lay in the sleeves: these
Ind small change pockets, whereas
mine had none. 1t was even exchange
ana ns robbery, but was none the
less angry. The, truth is, 1t was Just
\ after the first OF the month and there
# we're four or five unpaid bills in the
inside pocket OF my coat. Zone was
the bin for the coat! So climbed tile
stairs to the elevated station in no
Z amiable frame OF mind. Well, well;
x it really did not matter II the gentle;
man who had appropriated my coat
learned that owed my tailor. TO owe
one tailor 5as long as the Law per
idits 5issquife Gust omafy not only Gus.
tol6afS, but also proper and commend
Ible The other bills were for cigars,
gloyeafand hats; that's to say, OF no
reat inpo lance.
piamped into vacant seat and
gloweyed the street below 1t had
stopped showing and the wind had
GONG down. For once in my life | took
Y nosfitetest IN the advertising signs.
gafitedEmy coat, and for all l knew the
iiianSShos had it might stumble under
iii automob tle and ruin the garment;
and even tE he didn't ruin it. it would
sraeii stolerably strong OF gasoline.
c6n1Hred up all manner Of catastrophes
gafdIlg the ultimate end OF my coat.
The other fellow might be burned UP
ri H hesf might fall down greasy ele'
yatof Shaft in 1t; be might eten be
Urged to jail in it, which was not at
an unlikely. the cloves and tabIoids
speaking not very Wellifor his habits
there ever such luck?
ewing no newspaper with which to
pass away the time, fell once more
to Eliminating thesRrong coat. As
searched the pockets my sense OF guilt
was III nowise agltated. Doubtless
Sss owner was at that moment golng
throlg6 the pockets OF my coat. Thus
hohoEsSwere even. @But. found moth
Ing sbys which to Identify my man
ones identity cannot be established
means Of thirty.fve cents, q worth
less ticket, and a few cloves. A
Conah Doyle might accomplish SUCH
feRt; but couldn't I. Hello!
WHIT was this? From the handler
CHIEF pocket / drewtforth an envelope;
but, glanced at it, my hopes
siainped, The address side was miss
ding: only the sealing.haps remained
iswas about to toss it contemptuouslS
4 + into the aisle, when discovered that
was covered with pencil scrtbbIings
MercifuI heavens! I held the
thing under my very nose and read
viii ihorriHsdS eyes:
\ sGifl must die between twelve anc
one 6Slock: 2''@
Chlorof orms-
oH.window at side Unattached
srte there.
safe Ia library. Secure will
LeaseSby front door.
Servants night out.-Girl alone"
sstefy! ! sat up straight and