The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-10
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There Ia nothing like IN Obliging dispo.
sitiOn, ] thought u myself one day, wheO
travelling in railroad cor from Boston to
Worcester, seeing gentlemen who had fal.
len asleep at his destination. .....
Passengers from Yves, Needhsm," cried
the conductor, 1.-THE cars stop but one min,
ute" ........
"Hallo !" exclaimed young man in spec.
tacles, at the same time seizing an old man
by the shoulders, who was sleeping very
soundy; here's " Captain Holmes fast asleep.
and this is West Needha m, where he lives
Come, get up, Captain Holmes, here you
are"
The gentleman got upon his feet and be-
gan TO rub his eyes; but the young man
forced him along 10 the door OF the car,
and gently landed him on the roadside -
Whiz went the steam and we began to fly
again.
The obliging young man took his seat, and
said, with great deal of satisfaction, to
somebody near him. "Well, if it hadn't
been for me, Captain Holmes would have
missed his home finely. But he has left his
bundles" and the young man picked up pa
per parcel and threw it cut. "Wel," he
said again, "if it hadn't been for me, Cap,
tain Holmes would have missed his bundles
finely"
When we stopped at the next station, a
lady began to rummage under the seat
where Captain Holmes had been sitting and
exclaimed in great alarm
81 cant find my bundle?"
"Was it d1ne up it piece OF brown pa.
pert"
"Yes, it was, to be sure" said the lady.
"Then," said I, "that young man threw ii
out of the window at the last stopping
place."
This led to a scene between the obliging
young man and the old lady, which ended
by the former taking the address of the lat.
ter, and promising to return the package, in
few days, provided he should ever find it.
"WeII," said the obiging young man,
"catch me doing good natured thing again!
What can do for that old woman, if can.
not fine her bundle!"
Whiz went the steam, ding, ding, ding,
went the bell, the dust flew, the sparks few,
and tho cars flew, as they say, like lightning,
ill we stopped again at the next station--1
forget the name of it now. but it would be
of no consequence if could remember it,
An old gentleman started up and began to
poke under the seat where Captain Holmes
had sat.
"Wh1t are you looking for!' l inquired.
"Looking for!" said the old gentleman
"why, an looking for my bundle OF
Clothes"
"Was it tied up in yellow handker.
chief!' asked.
ayes, and nothing else," answered the
man. .....
"Good heavens" exclaimed the obliging
young man, Il threw it out Of the car at
West Needham; thought it belonged to
Captain Holmes"
"Captain Holmes" exclaimed the old fol-
low, with look Of despair, ''who is Captai,
Holmes! That bundle contained all my
clean clothes that was TO wear ct my sons
wedding tomorrow morning. Dear me
what can do!'
Nothing could be done but to give his I'D
dress to the oblging young man as before
and console himself with the promise tha
the bundle should be returned to him, pro
vided it was ever found.
The obliging young man was now is des
pair, and made another solemn VOW that he
would never attempt to be oblgirg again
The next station was his landing place, an
as he went toward the door OF the car; h
saw er.heuded cane, which he took hol
Of and read the following inscription on it.
"Moses Holmes, East NeeGham."
"Well," ogan exclaimed the oblgin
young mau, "If here isn't Captain Holme
cane
eyes," eaid The gentleman who got in
the last station, "and the old fellow is lam
too. He will miss his stick"
"Do you know him" inquired the obi
ging young man.
+ "Know him ! should think So" rep!it
the gentleman, che is my uncle"
"And does he live in East Ncdhan!" asl
d ed the obliging young man.
q "Of course he does. He never lived an.
where else."
"Well, If It don't beat everything" sa
the obliging young gentleman, "and l p
;. him out at West Needham mile and
;, half the other side OF his home"
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