Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-10-28
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,lenl d a., .iuston ahs Allan
ilailral, h..h ocrurrc 81 man
weeks ago:
l Tlu arr0ss what iirsi struck m
/ as singular grnius 0n my roa
irom Springfield u Boston, Thl
WAS a stout, black whiskrrcl maj
who sat Immediately In iroll 0fmg
and who iniuisrl, from ,.me 4
time, in he must strange anl unae
cOuniil .1 nunwnvcrS, l.oVrTy nav
and then ho would get Ip and hurry
away 10 the narrow passage Whicl
2 leads In the door Ia these drawing
I rOom ears, and when hc lhOugh
himself scourc ir0In observation
wolli fall IL langnilg 10 lh,
most violent manner, and con
linue tho hcallhIul exercise until h.
was as red in the face as Il lobster
As We ncarrd Boston these demon
slrations increased in 7iolencc, save
that the stranger no longer rau
away to laugh, but kept his seat
aud chucklcd Ia himself, with .his
chin down deep into bis shirt collar
But lhc changes that thoso port
mantcaus underwent lie moved
iacm here, there, ovcgywhcrci hC
lat them bjhini him. lie was cv,
identity getting ready 10 l,avc, but
~ We were yet twenty-five miles
from Boston, the idea OF such early
preparations was ridiculous. II we
had entered the city then the myS'
terry would have remained unsolvcd,
hut the stranger ut last became 50
excited that hc could keep his seat
no longer. Some ono must help
him, and us | was the nearest he
selected mo. Suddenly turning, rs
II | hal asked u question, hc said,
rocking himself to and fro in his
chair the meantime. and slapping
his legs together aud breathing
hard, O.
Been zone three years"
"Ycs, been in Europe, Folks
don't cxpcctimo for six months yet,
but got through and started. |
telegraphcd them atthe last station;
they've got it by this time"
As he said this he rubbed his
hands and changed the portmanteau
on his left to the right, and the one
on tho right to the left again.
"Got G wife, said |.
ayes. and three children" lie re-
turned, and he got up and Noldcd
his ovcrcoat anew, and EUng ii over
the back of the seat. ~
:; "You are pretty 1eryous over
tho matter, ain'tyou?' 4 said, watch
ing his fidgcty movements.
"Weli, | shCuld think" ," he replied,
II hain't SLEPT soundIy' for week
And doyou know" }" glancing around
at the passengers, and speaking in
II low tone, 81 am almost certain
this train will run off tho track and
break my neck before get to Bos-
ton. Well, the fact is, | have had
too much good luck for one man
lately. The thing can't last faint
nat'ral that it should, you know.
Two watched it. First it rains, then
it shines. then it rains again. 1t
rains so hard you think its never
going to stop; then it shines so
bright you think it's always going
to shine and just as you're settled
in either belief, you are knocked
over by change, to show you that
you know nothing about 'it.'
well, according to this philoso-
ply" said |, "you sill continue to
have sunshine, because you are cX-
pecting storm
ats curious ho returned, 'but
the only thing which makes me
t2ink will get through safe is be-
cause ! think T'von't.'
"Well, that iscurious,'' ''sad J.
"Lord, yes, ,''hc replied. 81 am
q machinist-madc u discovery
nobody believed in it spent all my
money trying to bring it out-moH-
tagged my homc-all went. Every
body laughed at me-cvcrybody'
but my wife-spunliy little woman
said she would work her fingers
off before ! shoudgivc it up. Went
to England-no batter there ; came
within an ace of jumping oiF"hon-
DON bridge. Went into n shop to
earn money enouglito come home
with there met the man ! wanted.
70, make long story short, I've
brought :e50,00O home with me, and
here | am "
Good for you !" exclaimed.
"Yes," said he, "ge5p, 900; and the
best of it is she don't know any
thing about it. I've fooled her so
often and disappointed her so much
that | just concluded | would say
nothing about this. When got
my money, though, You better be.
lieve | struck a bee line for home"
"And now you will make her
happy" said |. Il
Happy ~ he replied, '"why, you
don know anything aboutit. She's
worked like a dog while | have
been gone, trying to support herself
and children dccently. ,Uhey paid
her thirteen cents apIcce for ma
king coarse shirts; and that's the
way she did live half the time. She u
come down there to the depot to
meet me in Il gingham dress, ard Il
shawl Il hundred years old, and
she'll think she's dressed up. Oh,
she won't have no clothes after this,
oh, no, l guess notI' And with
these words, which implied that his
wifes wordrobe would soon rival
Queen Ni-toria's, the stranger tore
down the passage-way again, and
getting in his old corner, where he
thought himself ont Of sight, went
through the strangest pantominc,
laughing, putting his mouth into
the drollest shapes, and then swing
ing himself back and forth IN the
limited spaco. as If he were "walk-