Show IN TRYING MOMENTS HELPFUL suggestions FOR TH tha embarrassed MAN how to 3 meet the bill collector wha W corners you in your library setting the landlord at ease when a tall man aith the eye ol of a terret ferret and the step of 0 a sleuth who has been on i our trail for or several days finds you in and has you cornered in your own own library and remarks 1 I am a bill collector mr dinks answer aro are you indeed how flow very interesting so am I 1 I 1 fancy I 1 have the largest collection ot of unpaid bills in tho the community and I 1 take a S special pleasure in showing them to those who may be interested now is as a connoisseur in bills you will appreciate preci ate this charming little bit from my grocer see with what grace erace he be has etched that little allusion to three peeks pecks of potatoes there on the third line and ana that engrossed please remit have you ever seen that mystic not to saye say cryptic intimation more beautifully suggested etc until your visitor lees flees when your landlord suddenly entering in 9 your room for which the rent Is two months overdue finds you busily engaged in screwing your trunk to the floor and stands gazing nt at ya you in speech speechless loss wonder answer 1 I am very much afraid mr box that the constant moving of 0 ray my trunk tip and down the floor by your very vigilant sweep in her dally daily and relentless search r tor for dust has seriously annoyed my good neighbors the in the apartment below and I 1 am therefore fastening it to the floor a lit bit more securely so that the mald bald may he be unable to move it I 1 know irom from past experience that there la is nothing so go trying to the nerves of a tired man or woman as tho the impression sometimes gained even in first class homes bomes like this one of 0 yours that the apartment above has teen been turned into a scenic railway with trunks instead ot of ears cars to acco accommodate ramo passengers when you have seemed secured the afternoon off to attend the funeral ot of your grandmother and find yourself seated next to your employer in the grand stand at the ball game who greets yon von with a questioning glare answer slie she too was fond of the game mr slobbers why uby would you believe it when her will was read this morning among other bequests to to me her favorite grandchild was a rain check admitting adm bitting me to L lame game ame coupled with a last dying bequert that as a memorial to her I 1 should forget my grief g lef and nd come here to cheer the giants while the she was carried to that bourn whence no traveler C eer er re turns repugnant its as I 1 pleasure Ic asur of if ily any kind Is to me at this time so great Is my affection her that I 1 am here stepped steeped in woe ant ready to do my little for ter her sake lake to spurt purt the champion on to play ball Ilar fiers ivi weekly caly |