The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-05-14
BORROWED BAGGAGE
GCoNCLuDED FROM LAST WEEK.

BORROWED BAGGAGE.
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK
Cyrus had scarcely comprchcndcd the
extent Of this misfortune, when there was
knock at tho door, and there entered
llciskhl, Seymour, and little Mylcs. They
had just got in from walk in the country !;
had a capital dinner about four o'clock, and
were now here to 60 to work. they said,
after an afternoon of play. In order to
prove this assertion, they each lighted q
pipe, and seated themselves around the
room with their feet upon the highest arti.
Gle of furniture that they could reach.
"What is the matter with Cy?" said
little Mylcs. "What makes him so quiet I?
and why is he sitting here with the room
all full of the shades of evening, like mis-
cradle tomb 2"
Cyrus made some joking answer, and ris-
ing lighted the gas. After considerable
talk and general chatting, Ileiskill proposed
that the big table be cleared and that they
Should go to work.
"You're professor tonight, Seymour, you
know, and try not to ask any questions you
cant answer yourself"
Then let him stick to the spinal column"
said little Mylcs. III don't want him ask.
ing me to articulate a hcmcrus and fibula
again"
"Oh, you needn't bother about who's to
be demonst.ator J" said Cyrus. ave can't
do any anatomy tonight. The skeletons
gone!'
In order that the foregoing conversation
may be understood, it may be well to state
that these young men had clubbed together
to buy an articulatcd skeleton, upon which
they rubbed up their anatomical know ledge,
each Of the party acting in turn for an even
ing as professor" and asking questions of
the others. This skeleton was kept in a
long yellow packing.trunk, and the hack
man had taken it off with Miss Birch to
the hotel. There was no reason why he
should not have taken it, for it was near
the door, and was, indeed, the only trunk
visible upon first entering. Cyrus was SO
full of Miss Birch and tho bothersome
landlady, that he did not notice the mis-.
take.
OF course, with three such very eager
and amazed inquirers rs to the whereabouts
of their common property, there was moth
ing to be done but to tell, under promise
Of strict secrecy, the whole story. 1t was
received with unboundcd applause, and the
joke was considered far moro enjoyable
than any studying of anatomy could posi-
bly, prove When the laughter had sub
sided, Hciskill asked Cyrus what he intended
to do.
"Why, I'll have to go around in the
morning and explain that the wrong trunk
was taken (of course shan't tell her what
is in it), and then III have to get that Bill
again TO drive her and it to the Baltimore
depot, and instead Of leaving the trunk he
must bring it back here. ! hate the plan,
for it not only gives trouble, but makes
lot of trickcry about the young lady that |
don't like. And was going to send down
my books 50 nicely Confound that
man"
'Do you think she'll open it in her room p
said little Mylcs
'Of course not, you blockhcad,' snapped
Cyrus 'Shc hasn't the key, and besides,
do you suppose she would open my trunk if
she had !?
The most astonishing surmiscs now en-
sued as to what would happen if so and so
should be 50 and so, and when no possible
combination Of unfortunate circumstances
could be added to what had been already
laughed over, they descended to puns.-
some gOOu ana some very Diu OncS W'TC
made, and poor little Mycs, after cudgelins
his brains for the whole period Of punning
time; finished the performance by wishing
To goodness that the man had been named
'Cohcn,' when he was alive, so that some
thing might be said about u 'truncatcd cone.
Nothing was bad enough to follow this, and
So they got out tho cards
The next morning Cyrus dressed himself
in his best, and actually wcno to his washer
woman's house to get a white vest if By
chance it was done. II was about half past
ten when hc reached the hotel, and the
clerk told him that Miss Birch had gone
Gone ! cried Cyrus. Where could sho
have gone so soon =
The clerk looked very hard at him, and
replied IIow do | know where she went 2
However, after Cyrus had explained how
he had intended calling on this young lady
before she left for Baltimore, thus proving
that he was properly aware Of her dcstIna
tion. the clerk informed him that Sho had
lett, in Company with an elderly gentleman,