Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-10-24
Youths Department.
A JOURNEY IN A BAG.
BY OLIVE THORNE.


pyorrvR THoRNE.
oi'n ~
L have story 10 tell you, young IoiKs,
for am travelling 1ndlvlduai, ana
have seen many Things that you never
saw, and perhaps never nearu Oh;
You must Know tnat ann Ieuer. l
was Dorn-that Is, ! was written-ln lhe
city Oh new YORK, oy peautiiui young
laay. am no common let.er, on coarse e,
paper, In shaDDy yellow woVercoal-enVel-
ocpe yoI call it-.by no meansl My paper
IS OF the daintiest, cream-laid, and rose
scented, with gorgeous monogram at
the top: My coat is to match, and used
10 i've In tiny rosewood desk, with 9TH
ers OF my kin.
When my mistress had written her mes
sages, she folded me up, put me carefully
INTO my coat, sealed 1t, and gave me to
the letter-carrler.
:! was young and foolish then, dear
chlidren, and thought was starting on
pleasant journey TO hnd the John
whose name was written on my coat.
Littie dld suspect tnat my very hrst
Tip "oulo De taken IN a norria, darK,
leather pag, tleu W IN package DetWeen
dirty yehow coat smeiilng OF nsh, ana
uingy wnite one, SO strong OF musk one
could hardly breathe: knew should
nave the vulgar smell Oh musk forever
after.
But at last reached Calitornla-where
/ was sent, anu Wnen iounu mysen IN
ignt, cIean pox, Win gIass ironI,
hoped should soon ma John. But
alas! when 1 was handed out, with othel
letters, TO rnan VINO asked Tor US, he
looked at me ana nanueo me oack;
John Howard-there's no such name
IN my mouse. Inc letter oont Delong 10
me: e:I. ;. -,
put IT'S directed 10 BOX ao'' sald Inc
cierK eaK.u -
Meh, Ns mistake sala tne man,
anu my nearl- sank as went pacA lnto
an1tner DON, wltAsIots OF o.ners.
In 9ay or TWO clerk came ana wrote
down the names OF us all, and passed us
over 70 Young iaay, SAVING as ne uid So
aa eIe aie sne aIAsia.seu .ha. . ae..e ,h
"onue.eu "nas ina. nea., ous :Is sne
soIieo US over, anu put me in.o q plle
@ VIII osnnrs' anu ssuDA 70 iu.o . ooA
% nnarAeu n. Soon !ounu ouL lnaI an OUT
nae' ~, pii.iNy ~ e"sPaPei, onu M
,,is .e nAo WI ~ On en 10y, TI Ine
MEutu S ooiIT anu ash ior oLe oA us. Icy
asAeI Ior noMe, anu noIIon, anu Han-
SoI' 81. Soi, nU 1,, une ,.,,nt ua al d;,ooUre5
Is1 rey nuIn usoouIsseu, as
tnought 1a my iosely Young mistress, anu
10y sne iUnSIe " nav ne, II sren r.
10 Jonn. ou' "hat coulu oo--Du'
walt
I1u souu iols "aIl, %. 1en ySu'
bnd l a tay ~ tr .mar o oo I'D w. y. La. han
uo4y oarc ioi uc, auu OF iaS. "nen oo
gan 70 tninK l shonld1 ole tnere, man
came anu tooh US al ou'' anu pesan W
w us up asa-
.m MAJ are 1910. .no, asAeu 80. "a iauy soiIe. ne
Deau Les, maualn, epneu tne
man. = AN. oa,a n pu''ips 'neiii up ioi 'ne DVad
Ae.leI oLnos
20 S VIZ La oeauL~as 80 SH s,,. IL;
onnh @ 10 sh;rarad =, a. Cd IL os 81, ~,
ian 80 re- -. T ~ LIZ
ta hn hrpuS pS, " 'N Nuiu
oe p'u.;oS ;aoo5, .ho,,Ia .h;,,-
DurIeu LnueeuL. sno.,I .nihA 30!
back went lH.o tnat norllu pag, ana % an
aWIul, long, lolllng JOURNEY tooK- but
a. last our prison was openea, ana found
myselt In the Deao Letter oince' IN wash
lngIon, @ A.
ina1 a curious place' IN 'ne LIS.
pido Sosa "Im. oIar,s ,hu 80 ~ a ps.ps pe.naps
- IAo ef $3.50 as -, t;nSa prn;,sa ~.
tors love letters money Letters begging
letters, Oh can,ttell Won half the Kinds
there were
. Our hap was pmntIe1 before very hUgv
vonug man and he nToceeded at once ~
omen ms. Now. / knew he wasn't John
Howard. and felt yery much insuIted.
But of course I couldn't saw ANYTHING.
and so my coat was rudely jerked off, and
he began to read.
He had five piles of letters he had read.
The first pile were those that had money
over one dollar. On the envelopes of
these he wrote how much money was in
them. and / understood from what /
heard that they were carefully sent back
to the writers.
The second nile was letters that had
checEs or drafts or valuable naners These
81 49, sa,,, hsoh 80 - -,haI;,ars
vi IT, .f,iSd ,,;ia 1,as o T Ie,,ars ur;,b swell
.,,-ra os ,oa,. p ,a.ter s.arars raoa;r,.s
and sncb ts;ncs All sent back
Tho fonrtb nile was of Letters contain
;ra no,h;ng bnt With tbe name of the
wTiter stoned so they they couId tell
,,bara 20 send Il nv dear mistress had
s;.,,a5 - f,,i, ,,a,,a 49, n;ca1,,.
AS- -, ~ o-J
MOLLY noWAKD,
I9e Bank street.
new 1ork.
so l went into the fourth pile: But /
tell you the fifth pile was sight Ihe
letters were signed with all sorts OF fancy
names Fanny In Josie Will Harry
- = irif 81 49, hean,, - -
anu a. So,a On of nomrse ~ mel. .hsH ~ oonldn,s he
VI ue1S. " eou.se snSy "
sent PACK, because now woulu respect
apie Iette, rooh-i snouiu iiAe u hho"-