Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-09-18
AN oBLIGING DISPOSITION,

| SlLlOHs luOugHL w uyoch2 one uSy, mulit
| travelling in a railway car from Boston t.
Worces ter, seeing a gentleman put him
self to eonsiderable.trouble to land another
gentleman, who had fallen asleep, at biz
Passengers for West Needhsm!p cried
the conductor the cars stop but one min
ute af -ua .saaUig .s1yT, 40 Il
"Hallo r' exclaimed a young man in
speciacIes, at the same time seizing an old
gentleman, by the shoulders, who was
sleeping very soundly, here's Capt Holmes
fast asleep, and this is West Needham.
whefe he lives, Come, get up, Captain
Holmes; here you are "T.fs aeH stt
The gentleman rose upon, his feet and
began to rub his eyes, bnt the young man
forced him along to 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 again, and said with good deal OF
satisfaction to somebody near him "W ell,
| if it had not been for me, Capt Holmes
would have missed his home finely But
here, he has missed his bundles, and the
young man picked up a couple of parcels
and threw them out. "Well," he said
again, .'if it hadn't been for me, Capt.
Holmes would missed his bundles nicely.
When we stopped at the next station, a
lady began to rummage under the seat
where Capt. Holmes had been sitting, and
exclaimed in great alarm:
81 can't find my bundle"
'Was it done up in piece of brown pa
per 2" asked
Yes it was, to be sure" replied the lady
"Then' said |, '''that young man threw
it 6ht at the last stopping place" -.
This lea1to scene between the oblig-
ing young man and the old lady, which
ended by the former taking the address of
the latter, and promising to return the
package in a few days, providing he should
ever fEd it. -..
"Well," said the obliging young man
"catch me doing good natured thing,
again. What can | do for that poor wo-
man if cannot find that bundle e .
Whiz went the steam, ding, ding, ding
went the bell. the dust flew, the sparks few
and the cars flew, as they say, like light
ming, till we stopped again at the next sta
tion. An old gentleman started up and
began to poke under the seat where Cap
tam Holmes had sat.
"What areyou looking for?' inquired:
Looking for?" SAID the old gentleman,
"why am looking for my bundle of
clothes" ~, .....
"Was it tied upiu a yellow handker-
chief" | asked ... 49,.
"Yes and nothing else,' said the old
man. E.
Good heavens exclaimed the obliging
young man, Il threw it out Of the car at
Needham; l thought it belonged to Capt.
Holmes" ..... ...... . -. r
"Good hcavens!' exclaimed the old
man, with look of despair, "who is Capt.
Holmes 2" That bundle contained all my
clean clothes, that | was to wear at my
sons wedding Tomorrow evening. Dear
me-, what can /, do g s,f -
Nothing gould be done but to give his
address to the otiging young man as be-,
fore, and console himself with the prom.
ise that the bundle should be returned to
him provided it was ever found. The
obliging young man was now in despair,
and made another solemn VOW that he
would never attempt to be obliging again.
The next station was his landing place,
and as he went toward the door of the
car, he saw a silver-hcaded cane, which he
took hold of and read the Inscription on
it, "Capt. Moses Holmes, East Needham."
SWELL" again exclaimed the obliging
young man, ''if here isn't Capt. Holmes
cane J" f..I ufg.f adj ~ It'r.-ss o..7
"Yes," said a gentleman who got in at
the last station, land the old man is lame,
too. !, He will miss his stick .e.-..
f"Do you know him?'' inquired the
obEging young man. .e.4.g .tI.. -:
.know .himl I,shonld think so, replied
the young gentleman ''he is my uncle"
sand does he live at East Needham ?
asked the obliging young man. d 4 .,r....
''0f course he does. He never lived
anywhere else," s. .l. +,s. .,.f Is
"Well if that don't beat everything"
said the obliging young man, sand | put
him out at West Needham, mile /, and a
half the other side of his home" " e.