The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-04-16
WAS Man OF BUSINESS
OWNER OF PURLolNED coAo
WASTED NO TIME.
completed Task, With Time to Spare,
and Recovered Property With
Satisfaction to All tho Parties
Concerned In Transaction.

oAtisIactIon 20 All n PARTIES
Concerned In Transaction.
Sidney was a man Of business. When
he found that some n had walked out
or the restaurant with his macintosh
ne went about recovering his property
IN q b~usinesslike way. It was then
1870 o'clock and he wished to catch
a 1910 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
eumed valuable time suing the restau,
rant company or consulting a clairvoy.
ant. Still others would have had re.
course to a want ad, which would have
restored the lost coat, but not in time
for the lilo train. None of these
things did Sidney.
Five O%vercoats 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 Goa 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 a rushing business. Saturday is
shoe-buying day in Newark.
Mr.. Mfnderman looked up from try.
ing to put a shoe on a fat customers
foot.
Something for you" he asked
Sidney.
Yes" said Sidney. I'D like to
trade o%vercoats with you"
You can't trade o%vercoats with
me-" said Minderman. positively.
Il think l can" said Sidney. isn't
this yours?"
1T sure IT," said the dealer, aston.
ished. What are you doing with it,"
I'm carrying 1t over my arm until I
get my own. think we'll do a little
trading after all, won't we?"
But I h haven't got your coat. l don't
know anything about it. Where did
you get mine?"
"In K}dd'o roo<o,ron< vov ~,,%
have taken mine by mistake, and left
your own"
But l haven't been inside Kidd'a
restaurant in a week."
Then how did your coat get there? 2"
by golly!" the shoe merchant cried.
Il lent that coat to Lou Sp~iegelmeyer
not an hour ago. He's a 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 I got a coat
that don't belong to me?" shouted Mr..
spiegelmeyer. I'm a thief, am II"
Look in the pockets and see whose
coat it u.s." said Sidney. by the time
you ind out III be over there to get
it."
At 1857 he opened the door Of Mr..
spiegelmeyer's Office in the Sussex
building. Within was a man wild.eyed
with worry.
Have you looked in the pockets?"
"Yes." answered the wild-eyed man
and ! amt got the coat l thought |
had. borrowed Chris Minderman'a
and now l got somebody else's. a mack.
intosh besites. and l suppose now l
have to buy Chris a new one when !
can't afford a new one for myself,
even"
His eyes lighted on the overcoat
which his caller was taking of. Joy
swept the worry from his face.
"Gott 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.