Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-17
CHAPTER XVI.
Clothes Make the Man,
Copyright I'M. 1914 ~ Metropolitan
Magazine.

thing q tall, mamma You wouldn't
hardly notice that part of it If you
knew the other part of it, mamma"
Jane. l want to know everything
Genesis told you," said her mother.
"Well, am tellin' it, mamma" Jane
protested. "I'm just beginning to tell
it. 1 can't tell it unless there's be-
ginnin'. can ~
TRY your best to 60 on Jane"
"Yes'm. Well, Genesis says Man,
NAL" Jane interrupted herself with a
little cutlery. "Oh. bet that's what
Yes, sir! That's just what he did!
An then he needed the rest O. the
money, an you an papa wouldn't give
him any, an so he began countin' shin
giles today cause tonight's the night of
the party, an he just has to have it"
Mrs. Baxter, who had risen to her
feet, recalled the episode Of the bask-
cts and sank into chair. How did
Genesis know Willie wanted $40? And,
If Willie's pawned something. how did
Genesis know that? Did Willie tell
Gem
"Oh, no, mamma, Willie didn't want
$40-only fourteen
But he couldn't get even the cheap
est ready made dress suit for $14."
Mamma, you're gettin' it all mixed
up" Jane cried. Listen, mamma!
Genesis knows all about secondhand
store over on the avynoo. an it keeps
most everything, an Genesis says it's
the incest store 1t keeps waiter suits
all the way up to 1890. Well, an
Genesis wants to get one of those
suits, so he goes in there all the time
an talks to the man an bargains an
bargains with him, cause Genesis says
this man is the bargainest man in the
wide worr. mamma That's what Cen
esis says.
well an so this mans name is
One Eye Beljus, mamma. That's his
name, an Genesis says so. Well, an
so this man that Genesis told me about,
that keeps the store-I mean One Eye
Beljus, mamma-well, One Eye Beljus
had Willie's name written down in
book, an he knew Genesis worked for
families that have boys like Willie in
'em, an this mornin' One Eye Beljus
showed Genesis Willie's name written
down in this book, an One Eye Beljus
asked Genesis If he knew anybody by
that name an all about him.
We'll, an so at first Genesis pretend
ed he was tryin' to remember, because
he wanted to find out what Willie went
there for. Genesis didn't tell any sto-
ries, mamma. He just pretended he
couldn't remember, an so-well, One
Eye Belus kept talkin', an pretty
soon Genesis found out all about it.
One Eye Beljus said Willie came in
there an tried on the coat Of one Of
those waiter suits
"Oh, nor gasped Mrs. Baxter.
"Yes'm. An One Eye Beljus said it
was the only one that would fit Willie,
an One Eye Beljus told Willie that
suit was worth $14, an Willie said he
didn't have any money, but he'd like
to trade something else for it. Well,
an so One Eye Beljus said this was
an awful fine suit an the only one he
had that had b'longed to white gen.
tleman. Well, an so they bargained
an bargained an bargained an bar
gained.
"An' then-well, an so at last Willie
said he'd 60 an get everything that
b1onged to him, an One Eye Beljus
could pick out enough to make $14
worth, an then Willie could have the
suit Well, an so Willie came home
an put everything he had that b'longed
to him In those two baskets. mamma
that's just what he did, cause Genesis
says he told One Eye Beljus it was
everything that b'longed to him an
that would take two baskets, mamma.
Well then, an so he told One Eye
Beljus to pick out $l4 worth. an One
Eye Beljus asst Willie if he didn't have
a watch.
"Well, Willie took out his watch, an
One Eye Beljus said it was an awful
bad watch, but he would put it in for
a dollar, an he said, Tll put your
necktie pin in for 40 cents more. so
Willie took it out Of his necktie. An
then One Eye Beljus said 1t would
take all the things in the basket to
make l forget how much, mamma, an
the watch would be dollar more, an
the pin 40 cents, an that would leave
just $500 more for Willie to pay be-
fore he could get the suit"
Mrs. Bakers face had become suf-
fused with high color. but she wished
to know all that Genesis had said, and
mastering her feelings with an effort.
she told Jane to proceed, command
obeyed after Jane had taken several
ldRg breaths.
well, an SO the worst part of it u.
Genesis says, it, because that suit i
haunted" ... a.s
what" a..
"Yes'm," said Jane solemnly: Gene.
sis says it's haunted. Genesis says
everybody over on the avynoo knows
all about that suit, an he says that's
why One Eye Beljus never could sell
1t before. F
Genesis says One Eye Beljus tried
to sell 1t to colored man for So, but
the man said he wouldn't put it on
for $500, an Genesis says he wouldn't
either, because it belonged to dago
waiter that-that"- James voice sank
to a whisper of unctuous horror. She
was having wonderful time. NAM
ma, this dago waiter, he lived over on
the avynoo, an he took case knife