The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-06-09
WAS MAN OF BUSINESS
OWNER OF PURLo4NED coAY
WASTED NO TIME.
Completed Task, With Time to Spare,
and Recovered Properly With
Satisfaction to Ali the Parties
Concerned In Transaction.

sidney was man Of business. When
ne hound that some one had walked out
OF the restaurant with his macintosh
ne went about recovering his property
IN businesslike way. It was then
1x:4O o'clock and he wished to catch
l:10 train, so he had no time to
waste In Mysteries.
Some men would have made a SCENE
Some would have thrashed the man
ager and thus become entangled with
the police. Others would have con-
sumed valuable time suing the restau-
rant company or consulting clairvoy-
ant. Sti1l others would have had re-
course to want ad, which would have
restored the lost coat, but not in time
for the ITO train. None of these
things did Sidney.
F. 70 overcoats were hanging on the
wall between his table and the next. to
be divided among four diners. Each
OF the four men identified his own coat
at Sidney's request. Sidney took the
nth coat and looked In the inside
POCKET. There the card Of John Jones'
tailor. Market street. was stitched.
AT 1913 O'Clock he left the restau-
rant At 12:46 he stood by the desk
OF John Jones, tailor, while Mr.. Jones
looked through an account book.
I made that coat away back In 1900
euE Chris AtndezmAn. che shoe dsa1er,'-
naAd SnAn So0eA
rwo minutes infzr g46ney entered
the shoe store OF MIR. MindeYman. The,
day being Saturday, the store was do
ing rushing business Saturday is
shoe-buying day In Newark.
Mr.. Minderman looked I'D from try
ing to put shoe on fat customers
foot.
Something for your he asked
Sidney
Yes" said Sidney. I'D hike to
trade overcoats with you"
You can't trade overcoats with
me-" said Minderman. positively.
Il think I cam" said Sidney. Isn't
this yours?"
1T sure is" said the dealer, aston
ished. What are you doing with it?'
I'm carrying it over my arm until 1
get my own l think wen do a little
trading after all, won't WEI"
But haven't got your coat / don't
know anything about It Where did
you get miner
In Kidd's restaurant. You must
have taken mine by mistake, and left
your own"
But l haven't been inside Kids
restaurant in a week"
Then how did your coat get there2"
by gollyl" the shoe merchant cried
Il lent that coat to Lou Spiegelmeyer
not an hour ago. He's lawyer friend
Of mine in the Sussex building"
1t was 1885 by the village clock
when Sidney got Mr.. Spiegelmeyer on
the wire.
What do you mean got coat
that don't belong to me?" shouted Mr.,
Spiegefmeyer. I'm thief. am II"
Look in the pockets and see whose
coat 1t is" said Sidney. by the time
you find out I'll be over there to get
it."
At 1857 he opened the door of Mr..
6piegelmeyer's office in the Sussex
building. Within was a man wild-eyed
with worry.
Have you looked in the pockets n
YES" answered the wild-eyed man,
"and amt got the coat I thought I
had. borrowed Chris Minderman's
and now got somebody else's, a mack
intosh besites, and l suppose now /
have to buy Chris new one when |.
can't afford a new one for myself,
even"
His eyes lighted on the overcoat
which his caller was taking on. Joy
swept the worry from his face.
'Gott sci danki" he cried
my sentiments exactly" said Sid
ney, slipping into his macintosh.
Good day"
AS he stepped out Of the elevator
into the street he looked at his watch
"One O'clock" he said Ten min
utes to kill before train time New
ark News.