Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-07-29
THAT OLD HIGH HAT
Headpiece Did Duty as a Bank,
and Did II Well.
consivia. Gentleman Had Net In
tended u for the Purpose. and
Flash Of Memory Made Him
Richer BY Neat Amount

MiserT boards have been found In
all kinds Of queer places. The expe-
rfence OF Postmaster Habelton OF
Marysvflie. Mich, proves that . man
may bank money against his will and
be made right glad after many days.
The postmaster made . trip TO Port
Huron to do some purchasing. That
was months ago. He took q 500
bill along to meet the proposed out
lay After he had named everything
he needed and the articles were BE-
ing wrapped up he looked for the
500 biil-and looked In vain.
Search everywhere was made, in
garments and along the street to the
point where the postmaster had left
the interurban car and then the car
ITSELF No trace of the bill was found
and the police department and the
sheriff were notified OF the loss. II
made things q little inconvenient for
Mr.. Hazelton, because every ma,
can't lose 500 without having his
finances thrown out Of adjustment.
After things had been arranged to
smooth over the loss the postmaster
placed a pencil In his vest pocket one
day. and noted its disappearance. He
Investigated and found . hole. In
the search something crinkIed. II
was the $500 bill As the postmaster
had adjusted himself to the Ioss he
called the situation an absolute find
OF $500
Mortimer Sheridan Of BROOKLYN
placed $500 bill In the lining e his
high silk hat one night while with a
Jolly birthday party. The next day
he was short the amount and abso-
iuteiy forgot about the high-hat Incl
dent After worrying q bit about IL
be concluded to accept the loss philo-
sophically and say nothing to any
one.
Time went On Sheridan only wore
the hat at state occasions. and these
did not often come to him The hat
did him very nicely for i've years
longer. For his daughters wedding
his wife persuaded him TO buy . new
hat more In the mode.
The youth who delivered the new
high hat to Sheridan fingered until he
attracted attention Finally he said:
If you haven't any use for that old
high hat. Mr.. Sheridan, "a nks To
tAks n aloag with ma IN an -
old hats We gsk - The sturs - : ~
ond-hnnd man.
Sure. you can have IT," answered
Sheridan It's been . good hat to me
In a general way. but every time I've
looked at IT since l lost $500 . few
years ago remember had II on that
uniucky night So. IT'S better out of
my sight"
We'll. wife. how do you like my
new beaverr' asked Sheridan afte-
the youth had left In the converse
ton that followed Mrs Sheridan
learned Of the disposition Of the old
hat
Did you look in the lining Of itr'
she asked archly. I read the other
day Of man who always put his spare
change there 50 his wife would noe
know where TO ind II when he got
home.
But Mrs. Sheridan had only reached
the word lining before Mr.. shsrf
dams recreant memory brought ths
incident back tn . great food Of recol
lection Wherever the remsmhrnnc<
Of IL had been stored up only the sci
entists may say. but af any rate 4
came to the owner Of the old ana
the new hat with IN overwhelming
rush-
Without taking the trouble to RI
move his new high lat he bolted on
OF the house In chase Of his old ons
He caught the startled youth By II,
arm three blocks down the avenu'
and wrenched the old beaver nom hi
grip. Tearing the cover from tn
box. he brought forth the hat he IN,
used a. q bank and plunged his ham
In the lining. Withdrawing It his glad
dened eyer heheld the $500 BIZ
clutched between his fngers-
Here. son. here's SO for you b
said to the open-mouthed youth. AN
you can't have the hat nov. IT.
been too good . bank rm going ;
keep II for luck" And that hat I'll
hangs on the Sheridan han rack
New York SUM-