The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-08-01

n gOou story came IN with tho
overland train on Monday night.
Among the passengers was o young
man possess ed Of judicious spirit Of
economy and . pardosablo shsro oi
vanity. The judicious economy vas
made manifest to the other occupants
OF the car BY the fact that the young
man wore plan clothing and q Gin.
gle Cheviot shirt all the way from
Chicago and for the pardousbie vani.
y-well, how that became appareu,
Is where the joke comes 10. lie had
only bcen to tho East on n visit, aud
tho girl he had left behind him bad
been notified 10 advance Of his ap.
proach, and. in company, with few
other friends was TO meet him at
Niles stati on.
Visions of rapture iloated through
bis brain, and seating himself in q Sc.
cluded corner OF tho car, he poured
forth h il spirits gladness in gosb
of mclo dy, s,mcwhat as tidsf-
"Home again, home again,
From fob hon reign shore;
And oh II fills my so.o.oul with joy
To me-he-eat my friends once more"
Suddenly ho hushcd his notes ol
joy and reached for his carpot-bag.
The appalling idea flashed across
his mind that the shir rt which had
done him 80 much good service
which had clung to him during the
toilsome journey across two thou
sand miles OF mountain, plain and
dessrt--was not exactly tho thing to
appear 10 if QUO wished to intensity
an already good impression. 1t Ger
taiuly wouldn't be the clean thing,
no said to himself-it wouldn't be
justice to the shirt. so he resolved
to chsngo it. But how Tho car
contained several lady passengers,
aud they watched everything tha,
was going on around them with au
assiduity that did honor to the sex.
"Ah, ba str.r.ratcgy, my boy I"
said this resolute young man to him.
self "The tunncl-we are approach
:. ing tho tunnel. With good man
agement l can do tho deed in the
long tunnel just beyond Suuol )" and
with heavenly smile on his manly
features he gracefully lifted his carpet
bag from the floor, unlocked it, aud
drew forth snowy whito shirt, with
uice irilled bosom. Then from anoth-
er recess drew be little packet con.
tanning pair Of handsome sleeve but
tons and u set o! studs. which were
quickly adjusted iu their proper pla.
ces.
Casting a careful glance from the
window, he saw that the train was
not far from the tunnel where the
mat'morphosis was TO take place, and
so he turned his back upon tho other
passengers, and began to loosen sun.
dry bu,tons-in short, prepared to
shuck himself, Presently the event
ful moment came. The iron horse
} plunged into the dark recesses OF the
tunnel, and tho car was shrouded in
i'm ponetrable darkness. Presently a
ray Of light CLEANED in fantastic
shapes along tho rugged wall OF the
tunnel, aud by its faint glimmer a
struggling figure was disccrnablo in
the direction Of tho young mans
seat. As the light became stronger
its gyrations became more frantic
Its long arms, encased in white
thrashed wildly about as though in
the agony of despair, and finally when
with shriok oi joy the engine DASH
ed into the dazzling sunlight, it sank
into its seat, apparently crushed with
modification and chagrin.
Tho ladies screamed with terror
and hid their bushes ut the unusual
apparitiou. Strong men crushed
their haudkcrchiels into their mouths
and nearly choked with emotion. The
figure reclinod motionless on tho soft
ushiou, until soms one with more
courage than the rest advanced to as
certain who and what 1t was. Final
ly the terrible truth was revealed.
The white covering was lifted, and
from beneath appeared the features
of our young friend, clothed, with car
nations richest hue. The mystery
vas soon explained. Ho had gotten
the Cheviot off, but alas 10 his hur-
ry and excitement ha had forgotten
to Judo the COLLAR fastening Of the
white frilled front. Horror 1t would
not go over his head San Francis
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