Show I I i 1 njj l PIERI AINING TO WOME J 1 I r f I 1 f THE FINGER OF SUSPICION J III i l 11 I never I hear or read of < anyone being I I 1 i a I be-ing arrested on circumstantial evidence III I I I j I 1 I I evi-dence paid a wellknown Detroit woman I wo-man yesterday that 1 do not think of I l r fin experience of my own Oh no Ive d it f 1 i > f fl I never been arrested < 1 but you see J 11 I II t I i f j 1 might have been I One day l last winter I was shop I jl 1 r1 i I fling and wont Into a store to look aLI I aL-I I I i Ttj1 tour fur I glanced about for the man J I user with whom T am well acquainted I 11 I Jj but as ho was nowhere In sight and I + II I i jibi t tic i I was In a hurry I ashed the near I h 1 + 1 n j esf rterk a utrnnger to meIo show J mo a scarf and muff After selecting I II I i yl t I two or three which I liked 1 said that 1 I uy1 QI I could probably come buck again that t I f M j I afternoon The cleric then I left me to 1 f III I ij wait on some one else and I at ncI nc-I I i t i I hastened out to keep a luncheon np I v polntment I had walked about a block ty I thInk when yoinu one touched mfc on I I I i + I tin arm and wild very politely I grant I i 3 I Beg pardon J lady but you will I I F i Ii i please accompany me back tuan he 1 l A named the more 1 had just left 1 1 I 1 1 r I know that I started nervously and r Ilt l 1i I 1 I < know that I flushed in a thoroughly ° 1 down and 4 h7 1 guilty manner as 1 looked r I H t i saw thrown over m my arm ohe of lhq II If it i most expensive furs I had priced i 1 i 1 jj protested of course and told who 1 s f k ivas but a policeman cannot be expect III I jJ i eel to believe a shoplifter and there I I I i rl It l was nothing to do but obey The po p0 II I Xj Iceman didnt know me and the clerk II f I r J 1 who had missed the fur Just in the Ili II I 1 I i nick of time didnt know mc I vague I 1 ly remember hoping that T wouldnt j I t ii meet any one 1 knew and that the man I 1 ° l L j agor would bo accessible And sure yi f enough he entered the door just as we i I r I I I r i dIll 1 I 1 ft was all explained in a moment j II l i i j t of course and profuse apologies followed II I U t I v 1 ij fol-lowed The incident has several times 1 il I j 1 I been related as a great joke on me L + m il j tj I 7 suppose It was funny to think I should I I J IJco absentminded but think what II I 1 probably would have happened had 1 1 t 11 I been a stranger in a strange place It + 1 J fairly makes me shod c It lDctlolt 1JI J I j I + j Free Press |