Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-23

He did tia, and in the a:ouy of his
suspense lie bAunted the police hea /
ugarters for DAYS and nights together
neither ea,ius r"r sleeping l any resu-
iar~
To b. rp.a: ! question + " 10y
neasr can With exGs I%Ia;j.g I'm
laritv. IL. a ,ser No,uiDg ,yi;" u
iii one after oDI at hi rec !, =, &C
oinIanIe.l IN - tn Of and the
rr-tv ll.;i.. old nan who presided "a
tie desk Wire We applied f'r iOraa-
tion. peerrl over LIS sp-ct4.i's, AZ 4!
geitII 2 slclt Of lie. saiG sGafpiy
- d. 1T tell you ;li- thing as T.;
10 lie blown:
IN r,ply 10 an as r4rce from nv
couIani. that | ~, - i'ec'ly 'A:e, IL
sail.
lis IL, iu'r"i:~
From tit u ,meu' fe't that / Sas
suspected.
Well. cont. Iued i.e iItile OH man
s;iil looking - e over lis spectacle .
"xe ha,. go little start. bnt you
Eust have - euce-re4!ly nov You
must. SAID lie : he bent to his writ
ing again.
Having conf stea my business, ! felt
FESTIVE aud pre- arcd 10 leave the city,
though / much dlsiiked 10 leave IL '
friend in his trouble.
became impressed with the idea
that | vas watched, which caused HE to
feel uncomfortable, and lei me to be-
lieve that | was the little start " re
ferred TO hy the man at police head
quarters.
Mr.. Scott accompanied me to the de
POT, anh on the way We conTersed about
his misfortune.
He had become hopeless. hal; lost
faith in the parties who were working
up the case, and the poor fellow was
worn ont with anxiety.
He begged OF me to remain one more
dav.
We were standing on the platform in
the depot, and the train was on the
point of moving out. Ialmost decided
to remain, but a: the last moment
changed my mind and went away.
Huntsville, Alabama, was my desti,
nation, and arrived there all right.
On the morning after my arrival 1
was standing at the clerks desk con-
versing with the clerk, when guest of
the house said, with some impotence
Nov here's go; those idiots at the
depot have sent up the wrong trunk"
1t struck me as being rather odd that
people were to have trouble with their
trunks wherever I went. The clerk
said:
~ will send down and have the mat
ter attended to at once"
The trunk they sent up is in my
room, and had better be taken back
said the guest.
A messenger was dispatched to the
depot, and directly baggage wagon
stopped at the door, and the driver
called out:
"What's this about the wrong
trunk?'
1.-THE one you sent up is not mine.
and what l want is my own, responded
the guest. He further explained that
the mistake was not without excuse, as
the trunk sent up was so exactly like
his as to deceive him, until he found
that his key would not open it. Being
a mechanic, he said, and having come
there to do some work, he was in need
OF certain tools which were in his
trunk, and he would be obliged if they
would "look alive" about the matter.
While the stranger was talking, it
occurred to me that possibly there
might be something in this trunk bust
ness of interest to my friend Scott.
ascertained that the gentleman making
complaint had started from Louisville,
and, though in coming through he
stopped at a point where he had bust
ness, and rechecked his trunk, he had
not had occasion to open it until his
arrival at Huntsville.
We went up to his room, and exam.
ined the trunk. There could be little
doubt bat it belonged to Mr.. Scott.
Evidently mistake in checking had
occurred at Louisville, by reason of the
similarity of the two trunks, and the
hurry consequent on our late arrival at
the depot.
fastened to send Mr.. Scott this tel
egram:
Have found your trunk; come on"
He came, and when he opened it, and
found everything safe. he was as near
perfectly happy as man may reasonably
ever hope to be.
The mechanic recovered his trunk
without much delay, and when the
whole affair was satisfactorily settled,
We three adjourned to a restaurant,
where we celebrated the event in a
manner calculated to express the extent
of our joy.-N. Y. Weekly.
Eroof DIofuen