Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-23
A CLEAN SHIRT.
What Befen o Young Man In the SanOl
Tunnel4The Peril OF Changing
Linen in the Cars.

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From the san Francisco Chronicle, eth instJ
A good story came in with the over
land train on Monday night. Among
the passengers was a young man pos
sessed sfajudieioUs spirit of and
a pardonable share of vanity. The iu-
diclous economy was made manifest Il
the other occupants Of the car by the fact
that the young man wore plain clothing
and a single Cheviot shirt all the way
from Chicago; and for the pardonable
vanity-well, how that became apparent
is where the joke comes in. He had
only been to the East on visit, and the
girl he left behind himhad been notified
in advance OF mis- approach, and, in com.
paDy with a few other friends, was tC
meet him at Niles station.
Visions of rapture 1oated through his
brain, and seating himself in q secluded
corner Of the ear, he poured forth his
spirits Of gladness in a gush OF melody,
lsOmewhata as thus:
Alone again, home again,
Froma fo~h-hOh-reign shore;
And OH IL fills my sO-O-Oul with joy
To me-he-eat my friends once more
Suddenly he hushed his notes of Joy and
reached for his carpet-bag.
INT GEBdlllllE ulEfA lldEitcu dtIDSS Ills
mind that the shirt which had done him
so much good service-which had chung
to him during the tOilsOme journey
across two thousand miles of mountain,
plain and desert-was not exactly the
thing to appear in when IA wished to
intensity IN already good impression. 1t
certainly wouldn't be the clean thing,
he said to himself-it wouldn't be Justice
to the spirit. So he resolved to change
it. But how? The car contained several
lady passengers, and they watched
everything that was going on around
them with an assiduity that did honor
to the sex. "Ah, ha! str-r-rategy, my
bOy!" said this resOlute young man unto
himself. 1.-THE tunnel-we are appOach-
ing the tunnel. With good manage
ment I can do the deed in the long tun-
mel just beyond Sunol;" and with a
heavenly smile on his manly features he
gracefully lifted his carpet-bag from the
floor, unlocked it, and drew forth a
snowy shirt, with nice frilled bosom.
Then from another recess drew he a lit
tie packet, containing a pair of hand
some sleeve-buttons and a set of studs,
which were quickly adjusted in their
proper places. Casting a careful glance
from the window, he saw that the train
was not far from the tunnel where the
metamorphOsis was to take place, and
so he turned his back upon the other
passengers, and began to loosen sundry
butlons-ln short, prepared to shuck
Presently the eventful mo-
nent came. The iron horse plunged
into the dark recesses of the tunnel, and
the car was shrouded in impenetrable
darkness. Presently a a of light
cleaned in fantastic shapes along the
wall of the tunnel, and by its
faint glimmer a struggling figure was
observable in the direction of the young
mans seat. Asthe light became strong
er, its gyratiOns grew more frantic. Its
great long arms, ineased in white,
thrashed wildly about as though in the
agony of despair, and finally when, with
q shrek of joy the engine dashed into
The dazzling sunlight, it sank into its
seat apparently crushed with mortifica-
ton and chagrin.
The ladies screamed with terror and
their bushes at the unusual appa-
Strong men crushed their hand
kerchiefs into their mouths and nearly
,hOked with emotion. The figure re-
,lined motiOnles on the soft cushion,
until some one with more courage than
he rest, advanced to ascertain who and
what it was. Finally, the terrible truth
vas revealed. The white Governing was
lifted, and from beneath appeared the
of the young friend, clothed with
,arnation's richest hue. The mystery
vas soon explained. He had gotten the
Chevior of, but, alas! in his hurry and
excitement he had forgotten to undo the
fastening Of the elegant white
rilled front. Horror! 1t would not go
,ver the head!