Litchfield enquirer., 1869-09-30
sides, do you suppose she would open my trunk if she had?''

il F..F. sides. do you suppose she would open my trunk if she had?''
 The most astonishing surmises TOW en- sued as to what would happen if so and 80 should be so and so, and when no possible combination of unfortunate circumstan- ces could be@added to what had been al- ready been langhed over, they descended to puns. Some good and some very bad ones were made, and poor little Myles, af. ter cudgeling his brains for the whole pe- xiod of punning time, finished the per formance by wishing to goodness that the man had been named "Cohen," when he was alive, so that something might be said about a ''turncated cone" Nothing was bad enough to follow this so they got out the cards.
 The next morning Cyrus dressed him. self in his best, and actually went to his washerwoman' house to get 8 white vest, If by chance it was done. It was about halt past ten when he reached the hotel, and the clerk told him Miss Birch had gone. Yt.4.-s ...s. r
 "Gone!' cried Cyrus. "Where could she have gone so soon?'
 The clerk looked very hard at him, and replied, "How should know where she went?" '
 However, after Cyrus had explained how he had intended calling on this young lady before she left for Baltimore, thus proving that he was properly aware of her destina- tion, the clerk told him she had left, in company with an elderly gentleman in time to catch the ten o'clock train. Cyrus went home in a state of utter bewilderment When he reached his oom he found there note-a note from Fanny, the first he had ever received: t a. ..f.f ,..a.. s#
 DEAE MIR. DURHAM, telegram reached uncle, last night, and instead of sending me the money he came himself early this morning. l wanted to wait un til you called, and thank you for your kindness and your trunk (which I will take good care of); but uncle thought had better take the ten o'clock train, be- cause that was the only train, until after noon, which connected with the cars for Martinville, and he thought the family would be worried if didn't get home un til after my trunks arrived by express. He says he will leave this and stop aud thank you himself. Yours truly, F. B."
 On inquiry, Cyrus found that the note had been left by gentleman just before he came in, who asked for him, but could not wait. .ita s4..- .s..t. .-.rs. s.4. ..
 Now what was to be done? Nothing. Cyrus thought. but to write to his father, tell him the story, and get him to send over to MT. Birch's for the trunk, and re- turn it to Philadelphia by express. This course having been concluded upon, Cy. rus wrote and mailed the letter to his fath- CT. f..tt s..... ....... -..g
 The rest of the day would probably have been spent by Cyrus in the enjoyment of Fanny's letter and his recollections of her visit, had not his friends called upon to know if he had got back old '' Cohen, :" flor so they had baptized the '' truncated" one, since little Myles pun). When they heard the rest of the story they were wild with delight, and the osseous jokes that were made were worthy of the inmates of q mad-horse. "t'"2e e'..s' el -@Ia- ..
 "It's such mean old trunk" said little Myles. Nothing but 8 thin packing. box, any way, and don't believe I locked it last time. I'll bet any man ten dollars that old Cohen's out before this time."
 They'll open it on the cars when they hear it rattle." said Seymour. You know people can only take wearing apparel, and a skeleton is not wearing apparel-at least that one is not wearing any" .-8.U .r
 If they think it's freight, and take C out, it will result in .fright," suggested My les; and then, as usual, the uproar stopped the joking. ..-....... ..a.3.... .,..7 ..
 The next morning, about nine o'clock, just as Cyrus had finished his breakfast (got on credit from the grocery store where he dealt,, he received 8 telegram. It was from MT. Birch, and contained these words: "7ou are aoanted here. Come on ipansediately. J . Cyrus clutched his hair stamped his foot, clapped on his hat, locked his door, rushed down to Heiskilrs, forced from him four dollars and some seventy cents-all he had-9and reach the Baltimore depot in time for the ten o'clock train. What his feelings, his fears, or his hopes were dur tug the journey, is not to be put on paper. At two o'clock he had reached Baltimore By half past he was on his way in the Martinville train to his destination. Reach Ing the village, he had no money or de. sire to hire carriage, and so started out to walk as rapidly as possible the two miles and half that lay between him and Mir. Birctl's house.
 F Arriving there, hot and fustered, he walked through the open door, and hear ing voices in the dining room, walked quickly in, and found a coroner's jury sit tlng upon the remains of the unfortunate Cohen! sas
 We will now relate the circumstances which led to this inquest. The trunk had been taken to the hotel in safety, and Fan ny. with her borrowed baggage near the foot of her bed, had slept the sweet sleep of an innocent maiden, without being troubled by the ghost of her quiet room- mate. Every thing had gone on admira bly,, and she arrived at Martinville in good season, where her father was waiting for her in a, buggy. He was surprised that she had brought another trunk, for her baggage had arrived early that morning but she explained the matter, and much to his merrimeft, and he ordered the sta tion master (who was also express agent and several other things) to send the trunk after them in a wagon.9o This the man promised to do; but having taken two trunks up there that morning, and expect ing no more jobs for the day, his wagon was undergoing some repairs at the black smiths, and so he could not promise to send it much before night-fall. However, in an hour or two, along came Silas Hoopes, . peripatetic green. grocer and general vendor, who for half the ordinary fee offered to take the trunk to Mir. Birch's. He was going that way, and was always glad of an excuse to stop any where on his route. even if 1t wasno at the house of Q