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Show A TRIiraETEiE. High Priced Baits That Are Made to , ' Exhibit and Not to Be " 'V; .vv Sold. TWO IKSEHIOUS PAUPEE3 CAUGHT. ' " " , The Eeward of ; Punning ,a Course of . Honesty Glad to Bea the - Oensns Man. - i I Have noticed in the windows of a certain ready made clothing establishment establish-ment that advertises liberally and well, ' and works the bargain sale racket upon a scale of fairness well out of the beaten rut, upon several occasions one or more overcoats or suits of clothes made up in distinctly custom made material, and finished with all the laborious care that is bestowed upon the high class made to order garment. 1 I have out of curiosity frequently gone into this store on rush days to note the quality of the goods offered for the money, and it must be said that the prices quoted were generally gener-ally away down below the rock bottom cost of manufacture. , . -, , Inside the store I encounter several more of these handsomely made suits. -1 even went so far upon one occasion as to try on one of the coats thereof, but it did not fit, and the obliging clerk informed in-formed me that they were all sold out of my size. The price quoted was tl& and as a matter of fact such a suit could not have been manufactured for double that sum. . The size was a small one 34 chest, and while I lingered for further ' information a small and slender man came along looking over the counters. ' . He picked up the fine suit and I awaited developments. He asked the price, felt the cloth and tried it on. ' 'M The man was of a peculiar shape', and ' to the horror of the clerk it fitted him exactly. "Let me show yon something else." "No," was the decisive answer; "I will take this," and the twelve dollars , was counted out. When he left the store witbh is prize there was "wailing and . gnashing of teeth." . "Could you not see he was a bad shape and it might fit him?' queried the man-f?er. man-f?er. "Well, I thought they were made," answered the clerk, "so that the wouldn't fit anybody." The secret was out. And a clever i Batch trade device it is. I remember liiitinctly the seraphic smile of the little lop sided man as he strode ont of the door in that, on him, perfect fitting gray j cassimere ten strike. The decoy suit that will not fit anybody is the latest , tri:k of the trade, and its projector ,is ' certainly a genius in his way. Clothier tad Furnisher. ' . ' , |