"The salesman being called, our reporter explained what he wanted. The man considered a little, and said:
"'I remember something of it, because of a circumstance. I will look up my sale book and compare it with the day book, to fix the date.'
"He departed to make the investigation, and, returning, said:
"'I can tell you all about it now. I served the lady myself.'
"'The lady!' exclaimed our reporter.
"'Yes, it was a lady who made the purchase. I served her first with a suit which she paid for, and which she brought back later in the day, saying it was too large. I changed it for one of this pattern.'
"'Did she say for whom she required the clothes?'
"'For a young man of about her own size. I supposed they were for a son or for a brother much younger than herself.'
"'What should you judge her age to have been?'
"'Forty or so.'