The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-06-01
An Adroit
Match Maker


MIS-. CfhWIOEu Wtb y wealthy Widuw
with no children. Tom Frkins. n, &.
nephew. was the mostly likely perso.
to .lherit her property, but he hsa
Revrf received any intimation that shs
aid leave It to him. He did not
we with her, nor had she ever esn.'
cially favored him. Still he was he,
only near living relative. so It was
inferred that he would be substantisllv
remembered In her win.
One evening, on going to his bach.
elor room before dinner, he found q
package there with a note from h.
aunt. The note read:
Dear Tom: I saw this smokin,
jacket at the woman's exchange todsv
and 1t occurred to me that. II womb
At you. I hope you will enjoy many
an after-dinner smoke In It
"Your affectionate
u "Aunt Eliza
What under the sun had induced
his aunt to give him a smoking Jacket
Tom could not understand. HIS room
was simply a sleeping place for him.
and, with no one there but himself.
he would never have thought OF re-
naming In 1t for any other purpose.
When Tom came from his club that
evening. before going to bed he
thought he would have q smoke. So
he lighted a pipe. and putting on the
smoking jacket, after looking at him
self In a mirror, he sat down to enjoy
his final days Whit. Naturally his
hands found their way into the side
pockets and In one Of them was .
crumpled bit of paper. Taking 1t out
he saw writing on It, which he read.
as follows:
"If this jacket falls into the hands
of a bachelor, I can give him some
thing to think about. 1t was made by
girl twenty years old, who Is forced
to earn her living with her hands.
That is all l have to say about myself.
Your imagination may do the rest II
you r disposed to pursue It."
That's a pretty plain bid for q hus-
band" said Tom to himself. "She
knows that all / have to do Is to 90
to the Woman's Exchange with the
jacket, ask who made 1t. enter upon q
| correspondence with her and, prestoi
we are changed from two lonely per-
sons to one happy couple. But not
| for Tom; he has all he can do to pro-
vide for himself, without furnishing q
living for a family"
But his curiosity had been kin
died. He wondered what sort Of q
looking girl she was. Blonde or bru-
meter Tall or short? What harm
could come from a mild Irritation with
herr There is always q pleasant an
| ticipation in an expected meeting Of
this kind. At the end Of q week Tom
took his jacket to the Woman's Ex-
| change and asked the manager-
business-like woman-who made 1t.
"we never give the names Of those
who deposit goods with Us for SALE"
was the reply.
Tom saw at once that he was
baked. He could think Of nc possible
way of learning the name OF the
maker of his jacket. He gave the
matter up reluctantly. One day he
said to his aunt:
huJt EAAAAus y AO0h0 Az thC RO~
of that smoking jacket you gave me Q
tote from the girl who made It."
Tom gave the good lady as nearly
as he could remember the reading OF
the note, and told her hat he had been
refused her name at the Woman's
Exchange.
Mrs. Crawford explained to her
nephew that goods were left for sale
at the woman's Exchange by persons
who had been brought up In comfort,
and some Of the ~depositors were re-
ceived in the best society. Many or
these did not care to have 1t known
that they made money In this way,
though there was no disgrace In what
they did. II think they win tell me
at the exchange" added Mrs. Craw.
ford, "the name you wish to know. !
viii get It for you and introduce you
to the girl, but you must promise me
to keep to yourself the fact OF your
knowing her secret"
Not long after this Tom was invited
to dine with his aunt, and on reaching
the house found there a young iaoy.
He asked Mrs. Crawford IL she was
the girl who made the smoking jacket
and was informed that she was.
The girl was evidently q lady. sns
was plainly dressed, but In exceiIens
taste; and when Mrs. Crawford TO
marked that she made all their own
clothes, was not too proud to acknowf
edge the fact.
Well, to make q long story short
few months later Mrs. Crawford. nno'
ing these two in love with each othef'