"See here, John. This man knows me, and knows that I committed larceny, and grand larceny at that, and was going to have me arres—"
"Larceny, did you say?" he interrupted, "what in —— have you been stealin'?"
"Well, I hain't stole nothin', John; but you know I hain't got no divorce from Uriah," she answered.
"Oh, divorce be ——! you infernal fool. That's bigamy, you idiot; not larceny."
I then began to laugh, and said to him:
"Mr. ——, do you remember writing me a letter, once upon a time, telling me to go to the devil for that account, and that it would be a cold day when I got my pay; and I answered you, saying that I would some day catch you napping and get even with you?"
His wife saw her mistake at once, and looked and acted silly enough.
He ripped and tore and swore, and threatened to throw me out; but I told him he needn't be to that trouble, as I was ready to leave, and would go out alone.
The next hard case I had came up a few days later. We drove into Reed City, and soon learned that our customer had sold out three days before. We then went to the hotel, and after putting our team out I began a search for my man, and was informed that he was carrying about two thousand dollars around in his pocket, and had refused to pay any one. There were any number of creditors at the hotel, who had been trying to collect, but were not successful.