Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-14
AN INDICTABLE OFFENsE.

now does; and this fact furnishes
an additional reason for adopting
the French system of constructing
houses. Perhaps after Chicago has
been consumed a few times more,
people will conclude to reform the
system of construction, and not be
on quite such friendly terms with
the deyOuring monster. I'M.
THE THREE TRAVELING-BAGs.
There were three of them, all of
shining black leather, one on top of
the pile of trunks, one on the
ground, one in the owners hand all
going to Philadelphia, all waiting to
be checked. % f.i.
The last bell rang. The baggage
man bustled, fuming, from one
pile of baggage to the other, dis
pensing chalk to trunks, checks to
the passengers curses to the porters,
in approved railway style. s1if
"Miuel Philadelphian cried
stout, military looking man, with
enormous whiskers and red face
crowding forward as the baggage
man held his hand out on the first
bag. ... II. rr. s.. ..-ss
SWon't you please give me a
check for this nowr' entreated
pale slender carefully dressed young
man, for the ninth time holding out
bag No. 2. Ihave lady to look
after. .....
"Say! be you a goin' to give
check for that are; or not? gFowled
the proprietor of the bag No. 8. a
short pox-marked fellow in shabby
Overcoat. .......,.... ..,r -..-s
"AIl right, gen'l'men. Here you
are," said the functionary, rapidly
distributing the three checks
Philadelphia, this? eyes, sir-IO92
-17OIli-IO2O. All right"
"All aboard" shouted the con-
ductor.
.'Whoo! wbew!" responded the
locomotive: and the train moved
slowly out of the station house.
The baggageman Immediately
watched it as it sped away in the
distance, and then as if a thought
suddenly struck him, slspping his
thigh, he exclaimed, ''blast it if l
don'tbelieve-"
"What?" inquired the swtichman.
That I'VE gone and gnv them
three last fellers the wrong checks.
The cussed little black things all
alike and they bothered me"
Telegraph, suggested the switch
man. --"
'.Never you mind" replied the
baggageman. They was all going
to PhiIadelphy. The'n find out when
they get there"
They did.
The scene shifts to the Continen-
tai Hotel, Philadelphia--Front
parlor, up stairs. Occupants, the
young gentleman alluded to above
and Young lady. In accordance
with the fsst usage of the times, the
twain had been made one In holy
matrimony at 1880 a. m. duly
kissed and congratulated until s:
II; put on board the. express train
at 8:45, and deposited at the Cont
mental, bag and baggage at 1858.
They were seated on the sofa, the
black broad-cloth eoat-sleeve encir-
cling the slender waist of the gray
travelling dress, and the jetty
moustac he in equally affection
ate proximity to the glossy eurls.
care you tired dearest?"
"No, love, not much. But you
are aren't you" r.
''No darling"
Kiss and pause.
"Don't it seem funnyl" said the
lady. '. ...
"What, love?" ..H --ss
''That we should be married."
eyes, darling"
"Won't they be glad to US see at
George's?"
"Of course they will,n . f.-
81 am sure 1 shall enjoy it so
much. Shall We get there to-
night" s
1TYes, love, it"
Rap-rap-rap, at the door.
A hasty separation took place be-
tween man and wife-to opposite
ends of the sofa, and then
"Come IN"
"Af We place, sur, it's NJ. P. is
waiting to see yez.
''To see me? A pOliceman?
Yes sur"
"Tbere must be some mistake"
oNo sur. it's yourself, and he is
waiting in the hall beyant."
"Well, I'll go to-nO tell him to
come here" -, .
the NJ. P. with huge black star on
his breast, appearing in great alser--
ty at the walters elbow.
"B'iieve this is your black va
lise."
eyes that is ours certainly. 1t
has Julia's--the lady's things in
it." ,..-
Suspicious circumstances about
that ere valise, sir. Telegraph come
this morning that burglar started
bv s:45 Philadelphia train, with a
| lot of spoons in a black yalise,7-
/ Spoons marked I. B.. Watch the
| Ferry. Saw the black valise. Fol
lowed it up here. Took pesk
inside. Sure enough there was
spoons Marked 7. B. too. Said It
was yours. Shall have TO take you
in charge" ~
| ''Take me in charges" echoed the
| dismayed bridegroom. But ! as
tsure you, my dear sir, there Is some sou
strange mistake, it's all s mistake.
'S'pose you'll be able g seSoan'