Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-14
INVESTIGATOR FINDS WIFE FOR AFTERNOON
 IS COSTLY PLEASURE
Review Employee Attempts to Fool Some Store People and Only Succeeds in Fool ing Himself. But Read!

The newspaper man tor rather, a newspaper man-the newspaper man runs the correlative of this 'column') decided to send his sister-in-law a birthday present yesterday, and he wandered up the street undecided be- tween a two-pound box of candy and book. He passed the Fair" win dow, hesitated before the Fair door, and caught the eye of woman back of the first counter The newspaper man smiled. The Fair woman (yes, Fair" in both senses of the word!) smiled in return. Then the newspaper man walked inside and addressed her Goodness" he said with a grin, you must be from Texas" And you" she replied, "are either from Texas, or else you have travelled in Ireland"
 The newspaper man had long since ceased thinking of the sister-in-law and the candy and the book. Are there apy other Texans around?" he asked. ''There are-or at least, there is one more," said a cheery voice be- hind him; and the newspaper man turned around and looked into the smiling eyes of Mrs. Sue Crotty. And what" said Cora Johnson, the first Texan, did you come to buy?"
 What?
 The newspaper man swallowed hard. He hadn't seen anything at that par ticular counter that he wanted to buy, but the newspaper man had played poker, and he knew how to bluff. ''M' wife" he remarked, wanted some lit tie doo-dabs to put on a new dress shes making"
 We'll" said Mrs. Crotty, why doesn't she come in and get them her self?"
 The newspaper man thought long before a good one' came to his mind. Then he countered with: She's Red Cross nurse over in France"
 "Graciousi" said Miss Johnson, what can she want with beads? We have 57 varieties of them, but thought Red Cross nurses wore uni formsi"
 The newspaper man coughed apolo- getically. She's making me, some new pajamas," he said, and I guess she wants these things to decorate 'em.'
 Mrs. Crotty and Miss Johnson ex- changed questioning looks, but they made the sale without comment. Then hey turned to other tasks, but the newspaper man didn't want to leave their society. T guess,' he remarked, that had better send her the mate rial for those pajamas, and I'll buy :t right here"
 "Oh," Miss Johnson said, i've have nothing suitable. The only material we carry are cretons and chintz for knitting bags"
 'Fine!" the newspaper man ex- claimed. q love chintz pajamas. Give me enough for six suits"
 Perhaps" said Mrs. Crotty you would like a few yards extra for wide sailor collars on these pajamas? h. asmuch as they are going to be bead decorated, I should think you would like a few modish touches here and there"
 The newspaper man began to feel peculiar. Just as you think" he said ,Alal.-. or,d ho hn rnQiA for il, and walked away. At the door he looked back. The two women were laughing at him. I'll make 'em be- lieve I'm married yet" he said to hmiself in the most approved Dia- mond Dick whisper, and he dashed to counter opposite them. Show me something in baby blankets" he de- manded in a loud voice. By this time the newspaper man was beginning to believe that he really was marrieds and he added two baby blankets-a pink one, and one in baby blue-to his other purchases.
 UpstairsI
 Arms loaded, he climbed upstairs and sank into soft chair Show me-" he said with grand flourish, as he freed his hands. some gOod-look- ing gowns. I'm purchasing for my wife today. Shes a school teacher and couldn't come down herself"
 The man addressed lifted an eye brow quiZzically, but said nothing. Here" he remarked. lis a suit in Russian green broadcloth. It's hand some thing-the coat. as you see. is extra long, while it has standing col