Show BY QUART OR YARD Tho Problem Was Too Much for the Beautiful BlackEyed Woman A tall woman with lustrous black eyes and a < beautiful complexion wearing wear-Ing a seal cape and some expensive jewelry walked nervously back and forth in front of a Main street cigar store shortly after 6 oclock last evening even-ing says the Buffalo Express She clasped and unclasped her hands nervously ner-vously and was evidently very much worried about something or other Men who passed along looked curiously I cur-iously at her but no one ventured to speak Finally a benevolentlooking man with closecropped grey whiskers came along He looked at the woman and passed on Before he had gone a half block he almost stopped walking walk-ing Then he did stop and then he turned and came back to the woman Madam he said politely you seem to be distressed She blushed scarlet in the glare of the electric light stammered and then said Oh sir There there madame said the be nevolentlooking man soothingly calm yourself Do not be distressed Tell me what is troubling you and I will use every endeavor to aid you Tell me madam what is it that Is on your mind The tall woman blushed again She raised her downcast eyes stammered again and said Oh sir you are very kind but There there madam and the be nevolentlooking mans smile was seraphic no buts Tell me what it is that is preying on your mind Confide Con-fide In me and d will cheerfully put myself at your entire disposal and undertake un-dertake whatever you may desire What Is it that has so deeply agitated agita-ted you The tall woman seemed to gain control con-trol of herself She glanced searchingly search-ingly at the benevolentlooking man and then said I am ashamed to confess con-fess to you sir a perfect stranger yetI yet-I must find a way out of jtny quandary quan-dary I The benevolentlooking mans smile expanded Tell me he insisted The tall woman blushed again She hesitated In the prettiest manner Imaginable Im-aginable and said confusedly I know I am awfully ignorant but my husband told me to buy him some fine cut chewing tobacco and I dont know whether they sell it by the quart or by the yard And strange to say the benevolent looking man didnt stop to inform her |