The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-08-03
HOME AGAIN.
A STRANGE RAILROAD INCIDENT.

A STRANGE RAILROAD INCIDENT.
a correspondent of the Washington
City capital writes thus of an Incl
dent on tho Boston and Albany rail-
road short timo ago:
ran across what Grst stauck me as q
very Singular genius on the road from
Springfield to Boston. This was o
'tout, black-whiskcred man, who in.
dulgod, from timo TO timo, in the
most strange aud unaccountable ma
n~euvrcs. Every now and then ho
would get up and hurry away to the
narrow passage which leads to the
door in these drawing-room cars, aud
when he thought himself secure from
observation, would fall to laughing in
tho most violent manner, and continue
tho hcallhiul exercise until no wa, as
red in the face as a lobster. A, we
neafed Boston these demonstrations
increased in violence, save that the
stranger did not 90 away to laugh, but
kept his seat aud chuckled to himself,
with his chin deep down in his shirt
collar. But tho changes that those
pOrtmantcusc underwent. lie moved
them here, thcrc, AMI everywhere he
put them behind him, in front of him,
on each side Of him. lie was evil
IDENTIFY getting ready to leave, but a.
We were yet % miles from Boston,
tho idea Of such early preparations
was ridiculous.
If we had entered tho city thon the
mystery would have remained unsolvcd
but the stranger at last became so ex-
cited that he could keep his seat no
longer. Somo one must help him,
and was tho nearest, he selected mo.
Suddenly turning, as if had asked a
question, he said, rocking himself to
aud fro in his seat the meantime, aud
slappiug his legs, aud breathing
hard:
Been gone three years I"
"Ah
Yes, been in Europe. Folks don't
expect me for six months vet, but
got through and started. | telegraph
ed thom at the last station they've
got it by this time
As he said this he rubbed his hands
aud changed tho portmanteu on his
left to the right side, and the one on
tho right to the left again.
"Got a wife ? said |.
" Yes, and three childron," ho re-
turned, and he got up and folded his
evercoat anew, and hung it over the
back Of the scat.
" You are pretty nervous about the
matter, amt you?" l said watching
his fgety movements.
" We'll, ] should think / was" be
replied 81 haint slept soundly for a
week. And do you know" he went
en-, glancing around at the passengers,
and speaking in lower tone, 4" | am
almost certain this train will run off
the track aud break my neck before |
get to Boston. Well, the fact is, l
have had too much good luck for one
man lately. The thing can't last
faint natural that 1t should, you
know I've watched It First it rains,
then it shines, and then trains again
it rains SO hard you think it's never
goius to stopj then it shines so
bright you think it's always going to
shine ; aud just as you arc settled in
either belief, you are Knocked over by
a change, to show you that you know
nothing about it,"
"Well, according to that philoso-
phy,' says J., you will continue to have
sunshine, because you are expecting a
storm"
ats curious no returned, after a
pause "bn. the only thing which
makes me think III get through safe,
Is because thiuk l WON'T
We'll, that ID curious,' said
Lord, yes,' he replied, "Pm a
machinis,-made u discovory-uo-
body believed III spent all my money
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