Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-11-14

order that it might be taken down 4
THE steamboat which was to convey Y.
across. Just as the barrow was NOV,
ing of, the tall gentleman said
"Guard, have you got my trunki"
/ "Oh, yes, sir, !" answered the guard
I"you may be sureit's there"
"Not so sure Of that" quoth the
tall gentleman; whereabouts is iti'
| The guard poked into the barrow
and looked in vain among the number.
less articles for the trunk. At length
after he had noozIed about for two OF
three minutes through all the holes
and corners OF tae mass Of integu.
ments, he drew out his head, like a
terrier tired of earthing badger, and
seemed little non plussed.
"Whv, here ii Is in the loot" ex.
lclaimed the passenger, ''snug at the
bottom, where it might have remained,
| suppose, for you, till safely returned
to the coach yard in Edinburg."
The guard made an awkward apollo.
gy, put the trunk upon the barrow,
and away we all went to the steam
boat.
Nothing further occurred till we
we're all standing beside the coach at
Dettycur, ready % proceed to the prin.
cipal terraqucous part of our journey
through Fife.
Every thing seemed to have been
slowed into the coach, and most of the
passengers had taken their proper pla.
ces when the tall gentleman cried out
"Guard, where is my trunkf
'.In the boot, SIR" answered the
guard; ''you may depend upon that. !"
81 have not seen it put in" said the
passenger, and | don't believe it is
there"
ooh, sir" said The guard, quite dis
tressed, ''there can surely be no doubt
about the trunk now"
"There! | declare there!'' cried the
owner of the missing property; "my
trunk is still lying down yonder upon
the sands. Don't you see it? The sea,
| declare, is just about reaching it.
What careless sat of porters! pro-
test never was SO treated on any
journey before.
The trunk was instantly rescued
from its somewhat perilous situation,
and all having been at length put to
II ghts, we went our way to Cupar.
Here the coach stopped a few mi
nutes at the inn, and there is generally
la partial discharge ofpassengers. As
some individuals, on ihe present occa-
sion, had to leave the coach, there
was slight discempdsnre oil the lug
gage, and various trunks, and bundles,
were presently seen departing on the
backs of porters, after the gentlemen
to whom they belonged. After all
seemed to have been again put TO
rights, the tall gentleman made his
wonted inquiry respecting his trunk.
ssThe trunk, sir" said the guard,
rather pettishly, s'isin the boot"
"Not bit Of il" said its owner,
who in the meantime had been peering
about. "There it les in the lobby Of
the inn"
The guard now began to think that
this trunk was in sdne way bewitched,
and possessed a power, unenjoycd by
other earthly trunks, ofremoving itself
or staying behind according to its own
good pleasure.
"The Lord havea care o. us!" cri-
| ed the astonished cistodier Of baggage,
who, to do him justice, seemed an ex-
ceedingly sober ard attentive person.
l"The Lord havela care o. us, sir!
That trunks no cinny."*
dts canny enough you fool" said
1.-THE gentleman sharply, shut only you,
don't pay proper attention to it,"
The fact was, that the trunk had
been taken out Of he coach and placed
lin the lobby, in oder to allow of GER
tain other articles being got at, which,
Hay beneath. 1t vas now once more
slowed away, and We set forward upon
1.-THE remaining partof our journey, hop
ling that there wotld be no more dis
lturbance about this pestilent member
of the communityof trunks. All was
fright till we came to the lonely inn OF
Isl. Mich@l's where a side road turns
loft to st. Andrews, and where it hap
Ipened that passenger had to leave us
TO walk to that sea- of learning, SER
want having been in waiting to carry
ibis luggage.
/ The tall gentleman hearing a hustle
labout the boot, projected his immense
llong slender body through the coach
window, in order like the lady IN the
lfairy tale, to see What he could see.
aHolIo, fellow!' cried he to the SER
want following the gentleman down the
LIST. Andrews road; sis not that my
trunk Come batk if you please, and