The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-08
RY HORsLEY BROS. & FIGUER

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the Tame Traveller tfI'Ye been all
that over yonder."
The calm official looked reproechfully
at me, but betrayed no symptom of Ell
ther impatience or anger, and, some
what regretting the hastiness of my
speech, thing seldom have to apollo
gize for, by the way, / touched my hat
apologetically and said, "adieu.
"Nay, say not 'adieu,' sir; say
But I knew what was coming, and
broke away. The rain was pouring
in torrents, so / called a hackman, and
bargained with him to drive me around
where the baggage was. Ever on the
lookout for information, / asked this
hackman, as we bowled merrify along,
how long it would take to drive clear
around that depot? "Well, sometimes
more and sometimes less" he said, =" II
it be poor day for bodies"
GA poor day for what ?"
Goodies. sir; we calls 'em bodies
some folks calls 'em stiffs, but we calls |
'em bodies sounds less distressful, as
'twere, besides being more 'spectful |
like to the parties themselves, you |
know. New if there hain't been many |
pussons a-movin' about and tryin' to |
git'ome across the tracks, you can get |
along right smartly, but if there's many |
bodies layin' about"
"Thank you, driver, I don't think |
care to know any more just now. Gall
me when we get where the baggage is,
and / threw myself back on the satin
cushions, wondering if the author of the
sweet old song, 'FIf a body meet
body" knew what he was about when
he wrote it.
"Said not we should meet again?"
remarked my first friend in navy-blue,
with sad smile, as he gave me permis-
sion to walk few blocks down to where
the baggage was piled.
Nv identity being satisfactorily es-
tablished, five stalwart Greeks took my
baggage on their shoulders, and step
! ped right across the depot with it, while
| / rushed out to my hack, and, by mad
| driving, got around almost as soon as
| they did. Got there just in time to see
| the favorite trunk, of which mention
has been made, dashed down upon an IN
/ genious iron anvil, apparently erected for
the purpose, and split open as though 1t
had been an oyster. A peculiar odor
fioated out upon the air, which 1 recog-
nized at once-Mustang liniment-evi-
IDENTIFY bottle was broken. every un-
fortunate, sir but can't be helped,
remarked the baggage-master, IN mea.
sured tones. cit will go very we'll II
you have a strap around it. All these
other trunks of yours will go, too, If
they don't have straps around 'em.
Every we'll, put strap around that
one, then"
"But your other trunks, will go, too,
, if they don't have straps around 'em. .
"Then don't put any straps around
them; I'm not particular about 1t,
, said.
The mental agony of that moment
, would not again endure for worlds
, | There stood that moral megatherlum ol
a bageage-master protesting that one
trunk would go if there was strap OF
| If. and that the other would go if there
was not, and amid all the confusion l
6 took me ten minutes to understand
: what he really intended, which was sim
: | plv to sell me five straps. l permitted
: him that luxury.
"What is the consideration, the com
, pensation, the beggarly pay for each !?
n / inquired, as he buckled to his buck
e ling.
"Only dollar, sir !"
) "Of what material are they fabrlca
q ted are they Russian leather ?" asked
2 Rushin' leather on you o no, slr
e we sell good many of them of course
but hinges will break, and locks ain
II much count, no way. Now, II there wa
N any collision between the boys tha
handle the baggage and us who sell til
70 straps it might look like a game, br
O. there's no profit onto them. We onl
n keep them to oblige tke public. F17
10 dollars All right, thank you, sir.
N "The obligation is mutual, my goo
a. friend" replied. Really I am tt
;s one to say thank you.' For here hay
ts been travelling up and down and ov'
rv the world with these same trunks, al
never found out that they were deticle1
as in straps. No one has SO much as hlntt
n it before, and am really profound
-eI grateful to you for mentioning it, tt
no more especially as see by this adve
M tisement that there is no change of ba
nd gage between here and Saratoga. b
on why do not your assistants handle ba
ON gage with more care? What go'
Ilv comes of banging them about SOP?
q "What good comes of it? Really
res am surprised that a gentleman of 20
ov intelligence should ask such questlo
nj What good comes of it Do you
mi member that Rozenweig affair? No
ON how would that murder ever been fou
,av out if the boys hadn't been lit
on rough on that baggage? And h
riIl would the woman ever have been
am membered and identified if hadn't sc
rn. her a strap for the trunk when 1T got
Ex. little shaky? You see the fact
re- (here he dropped his voice and wh
ed. pered in my ear,) When aHy6o
in comes along who looks like murde
nee now, the boys always contrive to
, a | look ed at my watch here, and S
that it was very near traln-tlme, sc
said goodbye, cordially.
yue "Would you not like strap for t
an, umbrella, Nr ?" he called after I
for cit looks as though it would come Of
hen easy"
last GA strap for your pocket-book, I
are haps ?" ..
ot strapped already. Goodbye"
the And it was good of me to buy so mi
Id straps. though after all I did little
ond ter in that direction than my fell
,ich travellers, for 1 noticed that nearly {
st y ry trunk on the train, even the new
81 strongest and most vigorous, il
as i | DOuuu.
box was supplemented with one OF tt
-eir: russet-leather surcingles, which
mes ascertained can be purchased of
good harness maker in the land
ice from four to five dollars the dozen.
con few moments more, but not befor
! of had again met the other official who
ntly strongly deprecated the word 'adi'
fret, and our lightning special was thun
y,ro | ING along the track
This, How improving conversation is to
of mind Here, after an intelligent
tous terchange of ideas with the various
ont cials of the Grand Central depot,
aid ried on amicably, Notwithstanding S
last unmistakable differences of opinic
our went away invigorated and refres
oint. possessed of much knowledge that
bag never dawned upon me before. III
pass why / have introduced so much OF
cial, conversation at length. And will
1t to say that this was not much better
any sitting idly about, having others tc
'Tis the work for me, and waiting for t