The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-18
4 Fale Of the Great sarat0ga Trunk.

Old Anthracite has very dear wife
so dear that she costs him on her own
private account about fifteen thousand
dollars year Mrs. Anthracite always
has the latest fashions, SO when the
great Saratoga trunk was exhibited in
Broadway, Mrs. A.. instantly purchased
one for her summer trip
Every one knows that the great Sara
toga trunk is an unexceptionsble
trunk. 1t is colossal-of Titanic pro
portions. Cheeps, the builder Of the
great pyramid, might have found am
pie accommodations for her entire
household in the great Saratoga trunk
Accordingly down vent Mrs. A. to
the great watering place, with her great
trunk. She had not been long there,
however, when old Anthracite received
a private telegraph from q friend To in
form him that Mrs A was flirting des-
perately with young Beelzebub, the son
and heir of old Belzsbub, the great
soap boiler Anthracite instantly takes
the train, arrives st the hotel, and in
curing the number of his Wifes room,
quietly walks up stairs His wife door
is shut Anthracite knocks Door
opens after some delay. Mrs. A. fut-
tered, which flutter increases to dismay
when she. sees her husband Husband
enters coolly; explains that he just
came to see how she was getting on,
and seats himself on the Saratoga
trunk Drops a glove, the picking 40
of which enables him TO look under The
bed No one there. Mrs A. looked as
if some one ought to be there Hus
band talks of the weather, and the pair
are sitting down to little light con-
versation, when old Anthracite remarks
quietly;
Mrs. A. there's a rat IN your trunk"
Mrs. A. turns pale through her paint
No, husband is nliAtaken. Therat is in
the wainscot. They are always there,
those rats. Husband is sure it is in the
trunk. He smells him; he viii exam
inc. Mrs. A. very anxious he should
not He can't The trunk is shut and
she has lost the key Husband begs 10
contradict The key IS in the lock-
the lid was open
Husband. amid the protestations Of
Mrs. A., half raised the lid No crino-
line, 10 shawls, no lace, no furbeloWs in
the great Saratoga trunk; only young
Beelzebubs glossy curls and killing
are Visible. Mrs. A. instant
ly faints 1t is the privilege Of her sex
on such occasions What does nus
band do? Shoot young Beelzebub? T.
Not bit of il lie smiles grizzly and i
shuts the lid down again, locking the (
great Saratoga trunk He rings the /
bell tells the waiter to bring gimleJ 4
Bores few holes in the great trunk /
orders up the porter, and goes of TO 4
New York accompanied by the great 1
trunk What would the trunk \
not have given for a cigar in baggage /
wagon when it smelled the tobacco
smoke that was 90 Ii literally pulled about /
The trunk, although nearly suffocated, /
thought il best to keep quiet Arrived I
IL New York, old Anthracite told the
people at the depot, loud enough for
the great Saratoga trunk TO hear him,
that he would leave his baggage at the
office for few days, when he would \
,end rit This was more than the
great trunk cculd bear, SO 1t kicked.
shouted, and made noise, until il WIS
broken open, and to the smszement Of
poor Beelzebub erswled out
N limping condition He tried 10
ell the people that il was done for
BET, but somehow the truth leaked out,
md I predict that next summer there
will be lever gTest Saratoga trunks ct
he Springs. l think old Anthracite
lad the best Of it, don you?