New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-18
THE MAN WITH TIE CARPET-BAG.

for bachelor TO get hold Of the wrong carpeoag on
q steamboat JUS. at bed time. And just fancy how
YOU wosd have felt if it had been you, and if you had
got all ready for your Digbtcap and robe de nHa and
then found that instead Of your own carpet-bag you
had laid violent hands upon one full Of full OF
babyclotbes. That would be bad. Changing bag
gage with going south, while your route lay ex-
actIy north, ia bad enough, but nothing compared
70 such change have limited at, when the poor
fellow was left without change unless I've went back
to first principles.
We were travelling lately with crowd on steam
boat, and had room in partnership with publisher
of Magazine that is printed not thousand miles
from The KnickerbOcker Office and very good fellow
be is too and very fond Of printing okes-upon other
folks.
There was. as usual when there is q crowd off,ks,
tight smart chance of baggage" in the care OF
which il was every one for himself and some other
power for the rest OF them
Owe taken care" said our friend, " to securs my
csrpet.bsg," as he deposited one OF those smooth
black leather sacks that by some mlsnomfr are called
corDot.bags. in cur stateroom, before any general
scramble took place among the baggage. I'm all
right now for sleeping
,Till bed time he rested easy-and then-wel', and
,ber-being modest man he put out the light before
he mace me last CuuHEti o'iN 'OOn Ny "'
70 GET his night.cothes For long time we could see
bv the dim light from the cabin that be was trying to
pepetrate the interior but the lock resisted his efforts
more than all the safes in the Crystal Palace did the
Great ock-picking Hobbs lie held up the bag and
Looked at il all over and sohIoquized: II looks like
mipe-it is Just the size and shape and color, and
took il from the very spot where put mine, but II
mt mine that is certain What wretched mistake.
What thall do ?"
"CaIl the waiter" we suggested
81 can't, I'm undressed; confound it,
"It seems already conounded. You can sleep in
your shirt and perhaps you'll be all right in the morn
Ing"
"No sbsn't-I haven't clean shirt in tbs world
and no possible chance to get one-nO razor"
"Glad of It; wish every man was just so-can lend
Won a shirt if you don't find yours, aud
eyes. YES, but believe this bag belongs to some
woman, and ihere'l be the deuce to pay
"Then you must keep dark
$50 will. Good idea that"
To carry out that good idea he dressed hiulsen anu
went down, looking for what was not to be found
OF coruse not If be had got somebody's c"rpetoas
that looked exactly like somebody elses, OF course
somebody else had got his. And then, what II some
bedy eses key fitted his lock; there would be an eh
position of masculine traps in lady's cabin; ana the
worst of it was they would know who o"ned them
Painful predicament. No help for 1t though Inc
deed was DONE
So he called the steward; the steward called the
head waiter; the head waiter called the waiter al the
other end Of the body corporate OF cabin attendants
Int the only information obtained was that ne nau
heard some woman in ose Of the ststefooms-couluhl
tell which" going like fun about her earpe''bag
! All that was it-.ome woman. Our bachelor Trend
would sooner encounter come bear than that woman
the woman whom he hsd robbed of her night gowa.
Withsut shirt was nothing-with shift, was some
thing And then to think that no couldst 60 ashore
No he had got TO wait and face the foe by daylight
Heaven knews If he slept though be said he did, snd
dreamed of being locked up in carpetbag which con-
tanned II ore linen ready for the wash than poor fai
Staff basket Then he dreamed tina, he was trying
70 dress for breakfast in clean shr without collar
very long and vide at the bottom
II wa. a dreary night, that night upon the sea- ana
morning brought no hope. What could the dreamer
dot Why be could get up early, and dress as he was
dressed before. Why should he change the word
| changes why should We and get the stray carpet
bag back u tho baggagc-Toou, and wait coming
events. All day he waited, bot none came Ihcfo
stood The caIpet.bag without All owner. Finally every
room was looked into by the chambermaId, and no
| whore was the counterpart Of that bag to bo iound'
It's Ike was no, on tho boat. Terrible Idea, That II
bad gone ashore aud hero our baohaof friend ON
n three days Tip without chance Of a eean shit
unless sueh a ons US hs hal sann la hs sision OF
| dream.
7, help The matte, on IN accident dslsned Tho b"a'
snoLs, asy. u vas te'y DARK day' h"' Gus
| friends ease NO dahe'i u Was a blaeb case oase
at bisas isaiies, hui !. contained white shi'' nat
| ,Leis was II iisi the question. a"i ~ha' was
| ian
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