The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 52, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 27 April 1911 — Page 3

r •gfe I Pickpocket ■ 1 By~ 1 -J HOMER GRAYDON | Miss Clara Williams, daughter of Colonel Williams, of Brooklyn, had bee® visiting relatives in the western part of the state, and of her home-com-ing her father wrote: “I have got to be in Buffalo on the tenth to see a man. The train arrives at three. You can leave Blankville so as to arrive there at 2:30. Take a seat in the ladies’ waiting room and I willi look there for you. There isn’t one! chance in a thousand of anything going wrong, but if anything should, then appeal to the police as I have always told you to.” About the first thing to attract the young lady’s attention, after being put on the train by her relatives, was a young man. He had the chair next to her in the chair car, and he coulU not very well help but attract her attention. He had to remove his grip and hat and cane from her chair, before she could occupy it, and he had to beg her pardon for not knowing that she was to take the train at that particular station and occupy that particular chair, and when she dropped her purse in settling herself, he had to pick it up and hand it to her with something like another apology. He was good-looking and of pleasing address, but when once settled the girl turned her shoulder to him. In her scrapbook at home she had a list of over 100 divorce cases that had come about between couples that had first met on railroad trains and fallen in i love while speeding along at 50 miles an hour, and she dftfn’t propose that her name should be added to the list. The young man was most circumspect. He had a daily paper containing the account of a scandal in high life and three murders, but he did not Had Him Out of the Depot and on His * Way to a Police Station. offer it to her. He had two of the current magazines,, but she waited in vain for the “Beg pardon, but may I offer?” In fact, when she ventured to turn her shoulder ever so little after half an hour and take a peep from the corner of her eye, the good young man was tying back in his chair with his eyes shut. Miss Clara felt piqued. Any good-looking young lady of twenty would have felt the same. She would have resented it had he sought a flirtation, but for him to quietly ignore her In that fashion was, to say the least, an ill-bred thing. She first made up her mind that he must have been married within the last month: then that he was a sharper who was lying low for fear of the conductor; then that he was a fugitive from justice and did not want to put himself forward and be remembered. It was with a glow of satisfaction that the girl thought this out. It was her revenge for being snubbed. I ! Buffalo was reached in due time and she had 30 minutes to wait. She forgot about the young man as she left the train, but five minutes later she saw him in the waiting roam, She saw that he saw her, and, she gave him a freezing look. Colonel Williams would have taken his oath that his train would roll into the depot at three o’clock to the second, but It was not there at three, nor a quarter past, nor yet when half an hour had passed. As the minutes flew away Miss Clara became very nervous and walked about and kept glancing at the big clock. At a quarter past three she not only saw the young m&n again, but he dared to approach her and lift his hat and say: “Perhaps you are waiting for the three o’clock train from New York? If so, let me say that it is 40 minutes late. I have just consulted the 6 board, as I am expecting a party on that train." The girl gave him a cold bow in return. Had he lingered to wonder with her why the train was late when her father had said that it. would be on time—had he hung around to talk about the exports and imports of the United States for the las/ 12 months -—had he evinced the least interest in her, she would have sent him packing. But the very fact that he did not aroused her pique afresh, and she wandered off and looked in a mirror to see if the sunburn of the country

had taken away any of her good looks. She had just satisfied herself that it had not when she missed her purse. She uttered an “Oh-h-h-h!” and dropped into a seat, and of course, half a dozen women gathered around to see what was the matter. AU had observed her carrying her purse in her hand. She had it in her hand when talking to the young man about the lateness of the train, or, rather, when he was talking to her. They had that it was not In her hand when she came back from consulting the clock for the twenty-third time. There were six women and a young man who stuttered, and while the six women expressed their unalterable belief that it was one of the boldest cases of pocket-picking they ever heard of. the young man who stuttered went for a policeman who did not stutter. No policeman ever does. It is against orders. What the officer could not see, and what Miss Clara could not help him to see, was how the pickpocket could have taken the purse from her hand without her knowing it. Each one of the six women, all talking at once, vowed that it could be done and had been done and would be done again, and the stutterer backed them up. There was only one man on whom suspicion could rest —the young man who had been a fellow-passenger on the other train. He was even then sitting not over 30 feet away and trying to look innocently unconscious. While telling the girl that her father’s train was late he had by some hocus-pocus managed to possess himself of her purse, and was now sitting only ten yards away to brazen it out. The tears of the victim aroused the feelings of the officer who was a new man on the force. He also knew that he had a name to make. He therefore walked over to the young man and gave him the collar and had him out of the depot and on his way to a police station before inquiries could be made-or protests entered. The victim was to follow and prefer charges as soon as her father arrived, A few more minutes passed before that event happened, and during this interval the six-women related a score of instances of robbery and pocketpicking, and four of them recognized the arrested man as a scoundrel they had met before. It was hard work for the stuttering young man to back them up and guarantee at least a five-year sentence, but he finally accomplished the feat. Then the train from New York arrived. Colonel Williams found his daughter surrounded by sympathetic people and as soon as he learned what had happened he made things hum. To the policeman who had just returned he handed a $5 bill for doing his duty. To the women he extended his thanks. Os course his daughter should go to the police station and prefer charges, and of course he would spend. his last earthly dollar to put that brazen-faced pickpocket behind the criss-cross bars. By thunder, but things were coming to a pretty pass in Buffalo when a young lady could be robbed in her Union depot in broad daylight and not know it! At the police station the young man was brought out of a cell to be confronted, identified and put on the high road to the penitentiary. Colonel Williams didn’t say thunder this time. He made use of a far stronger word and followed it by exclaiming: “Why, Davis, how does this come! What have they got you locked up for!” “Pocketpicking, I believe," replied the prisoner. “Yes, he is the man who #ot my purse!” said Clara. “But there must be some mistake here. I was to meet him here In Buffalo on a business matter. He is no pickpocket. Clara, you have certainly made a wretched mistake. This la Paul Davis. I have known his father for 40 years. I have known him for seven or eight. You can’t mean that he picked your pocket.” “But, who —who did?” stammered j the girl. , As no one answered, she opened • her reticule and .took a peep Inside j and then staggered to a chair. She ' had dropped the purse into the bag. She took it out and held it in her hand and blushed and went pale and the tears started to her eyes. “Mr, Davis, my daughter, Miss Clara,” said the colonel to break a painful silence. “Charmed to meet Miss Davis.” “And I—l—it was all the fault of those women. I didn’t think you took it until —until-—” “Until six silly women and a stut- ' tering boy all got to talking to you,” ■ finished the colonel. “Well, sergeant, j there Is no prisoner to be arraigned. j Come, Davis —come Clara. If there is | anything more to talk over we will discuss It at the hotel!” There was something more—lots more, and perhaps the discussion hasn’t been finished yet. At least, Mr. Davis spends much of his time in New York now and is a frequent caller at the Brooklyn mansion, and the society reporters are on his trail and waiting to .make the usual announcement. ' The Ideal Marriage. When thd husband gets ready to regard his wife as an equal partner in the marriage firm Instead of an employee with one share in a milliondol’ar company, or as merely a housekeeper; when he is willing to regard his Income as much his wife’s as his own and not put her in the position : of a beggar for every penny she gets; i when he will grant her the same i privileges he demands for himself; i when he Is willing to allow his wife to live her own life in her own way : without trying to “boss” her, we shall . have more true marriages, happier • homes; a higher civilization.—Orison' r Swett Marden in* Success Magazine.

BELLS — n ■ ONE GOOD CIGAR IS WASTED Man In Arkansas Failed in His Attempt to Bribe Agent Into Giving Him Lower Berth. “Do you know what time the next | train will pass through here going i north?” asked a man who had been : compelled to stay over night in a small town in Arkansas. “There will be one in about twenty minutes,” replied the ticket agent “Bully! Do you ever smoke?” “Yes, sometimes.” “Here’s a cigar that I bought in Dallas. You can’t get anything like it in this town. I think you’ll enjoy it. They charge 17 cents apiece by the thousand for that brand.” “Thanks. I’m afraid it may spoil my taste, but I’ll take a chance on it, just the same.” “Say, can you fix me out with a lower berth for St. Louis?" “I can telegraph to have one reserved for, you on ’ the train that passes through here at 5:30 tomorrow morning.” “No, no; I want to go on the train that’s coming now. Can’t you fix me out on that one?” “Nope. I’m very sorry I can’t do It.” “Oh, come on! you can arrange it some way.” , “No, it’s impossible.” “Well, I’ll have to fix it with the conductor, then, I suppose.” “You won’t be able to get a berth from him." “I won’t, eh! You watch me. There’s a sleeper on the train, isn’t there?” “No.” “What! No sleeper? What kind of trains do you run on this line, anyhow?” “Well, this one that’s coming is a freight train.” Overworked. “My husband,” said Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego, “went on a strike the other day.” “Why, I didn’t know he worked at any regular job,” said Mrs. SelldomHolme. “O, yes; he winds the clock once a week, and always has done it on Monday morning, but last Monday he kicked. He says it’s an elght-day clock, and, by George, he’s going to let the blamed thing run eight days hereafter without touching it! Saves him six windings in a year. You’d think, to hear him rant about it, that he’s the first man who ever found that out. Some men are so peculiar.” “No,” said Mrs. Selldom-Holme; “they’re all alike. My husband feeds the chickens on the same plan.” CHASING HIM. , 4 @ I 1 ■ o First Country Sheriff—ls he ah actor with a following. Second Country Sheriff —He had about 200 following last night Not for the Cook After All. “Madam, I have an attachment for your cook.” “Well, call after nine o’clock, and go to the rear door.” “But that is after working hours.” “I know it. We do not permit courting in the kitchen until after working 1 hours, my good man.” “Courting nothing! I ain’t no policeI man! This is an attachment for the ! stove, an’ she said you told her to or- : der it.” > Something Serious the Matter. “Doctor, I’ve come to see you about my wife. I’m afraid there’s something serious the matter with her." “I’m sorry to hear that. What are her symptoms?” “Why, the other day, when I was out of town, she had occasion to go to my office, and there she found several letters marked ‘private’ that she Mdn’t open.”

WORKING FOR EUROPEAN TRIP Young Lady Lays Plans to Get Father j to Send Her Abroad to Overcome Infatuation. “Good evening.” he began. “O, hello,” answered she. “Let’s i see, I accepted you last night, did I I not?” “You certainly did,” he came back. “And the night before that you re- | fused me. You ought to be careful about those dates and not get ’em' mixed.” “Well,” she decided, “suppose you j try again, and make it the best two | out of three.” “I will not. I told you I’d die if you refused me.” “But you didn’t.” j “No. I wanted to live long enough to propose again. You are the only girl I ever loved.” “I believe it—you’d never spring that old chestnut if you’d ever had any experience. But what does your love amount to, anyhow?” “It’s overdrawn my salary for six weeks.” “O, you’re just hateful, and I never want to speak to you again. So there’s no use your following me into the next room, because I won’t be there. I’ll be irr the library, over by the bay window.” “O, that’s where I’m to come? Say, if you don’t love me, why do you encourage me to keep on calling?” “I’ll tell you the truth. It’s so papa will suspect that I love you, and will send me on a trip to Europe to overcome my infatuation.” NATURALLY SO. Porker —What did you run for? Rooster —Well, you see, I am naturally a little bit chicken-hearted. Think It Over. “You must not rock the baby at all,” says the grave physician. “But I think an old-fashioned cradle is so cunning, and besides the gentle motion gets the baby to go to sleep without crying for an hour,” says the young mother. “Yes, but that rocking motion is very Injurious upon the child’s brain. The constant swaying really damages its mind.” “Doctor?” “Yes, madam?” “When you were a little baby they still used cradles, didn’t they?” “Certainly. That was before science had determined so many of the—” “Wel-1-1-I!”—Life. At the Wedding. Stodgers went to a wedding reception and found himself crowded in a corner with a stout lady. “Beastly crowd,” said Stodgers. “Wedding receptions are such a bore. I came only because I promised the bride. Nice little thing. Rather sweet, but tiresome. Bridegroom looks like a horrid bounder. Don’t know him, de I you?” replied the stout lady, “I’m i his mother.” “How unfortunate!” stammered Stodgers, with an attempt at a smile. “Os course I must have got him mixed with his younger brother.” And then he struggled back through the crowd and went home. Wasted Effort. *1 want you to subscribe something to the fund we are raising for the I purpose of giving Senator Bunk a I grand reception when he comes home from Washington. How much shall we put you down for?” “Nothing!” “Nothing? Why you must admit that Senator Bunk has made a great record in congress. He has succeeded in making himself one of the leaders of I the most dignified deliberative body on earth.” “Yes, but he’s got all the offices at his disposal filled, so what’s the use?” Another Smuggler. “Oh, father,” exclaimed the beautiful girl, after they had left the ship, “there was one thing you didn’t declare. I’m afraid the customs officers will get after you unless you hurry back and pay duty on it.” “What do you mean? I declared everything we have in our trunks.” “I know. But that cold you have—you brought it from Europe, you know.” —Judge. Never Dull. “It must be awfully dull living in » town of this size. What do you ever do for excitement?” “Dull? Say, you don’t know what you’re talkin’ about. I don’t believe there’s been a minute durin’ the past year when we haven’t had some kind of a church scandal goin’ on.” One Wife’s Way. “Does your wife ask you for things she knows you cannot afford?” “She hasn’t asked me for a thing since we were married.” / “Great! How do you manage it?” i I “When she wants a thing she does ♦ not aek me, she tells me.”

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