Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-03-28
WAS MAN. OF BUSINESS
OWNER OF PuRLOiNED COAT
WASTED NO TIME.
Completed Task, With Time to Spare
and Recovered Property With
Satisfaction to All the Parties
Concerned In Transaction.

Sidney was a man of business. When
ne found that some one had walked out
OF the restaurant with his macintosh
he went about recovering his property
In a businesslike way It was then
1910 o'clock and he wished to catch
q lilo 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 StiH 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.
Five 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
fifth coat and looked In the inside
pocket. There the card of John Jones,
tailor, Market street, was stitched.
At 12:43 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.
Il made that coat away back in 1900
for Chris Minderman, the shoe dealer"
said John Jones.
Two minutes later Sidney entered
the shoe store of Mr.. Minderman. The
day being Saturday, the store was do
Ing rushing business. Saturday is
shoe-buying day in Newark.
Mr.. Minderman looked up from try.
ing to put shoe on a fat customers
foot.
Something for you?" he asked
Sidney.
YES" said Sidney. "I'd like to
trade overcoats with you"
You can't trade overcoats with
me-" said Minderman. positively.
Il think can," said Sidney. isn't
this yours?"
ut sure is" said the dealer, aston
ished. What are you doing with it?''
I'm carrying it over my arm until I
get my own. I 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 I haven't been inside Kidd's
restaurant in a week.
Then how did your coat get there?'
by golly!" the shoe merchant cried.
II lent that coat to Lou Spiegelmeyer
not an hour ago. He's lawyer friend
of mine in the Sussex building
1t was 1855 by the village clock
when Sidney got Mr.. Spiegelmeyer on
the wire.
What do you mean l got a coat
that don't belong to me?" shouted Mr..
Spiegelmeyer. I'm thief, am II"
Look in the pockets and see whose
coat it 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..
| Spiegelmeyer's office In the Sussex
building. Within was man wild-eyed
with worry.
Have you looked in the pockets?"
yes" answered the wild-eyed man,
''and l amt got the coat l thought
had. I borrowed Chris Minderman' s
and now I got somebody else's, mack
intosh besites, and l suppose now l
have to buy Chris new one when l
can't afford new one for myself,
even.'
His eyes lighted on the overcoat
which his caller was taking off. Joy
swept the worry from his face.
Colt sci dank." 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.