The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-24

uI.or'. bow, I'll help you all can:
said tie. man, enthusiastically: DIG
Won saw yer trunk como on the cary
frainP Did you see it put on7"
eyes. sir" said John; 81 saw Il put
on that train myself.
"Well, WE'LL said the man consel,
;rolv "You wait here minute and
RI see if 1 can find out anything aboes
IL I guess it's all right" -,
JOINS frame of mind was anything
Init an enyiable one as he stood await
inc the mans return. A few mlnutes
later he came back, and Conductor E
vs." aYon are John Sheldon, are you?"
asked the conductor. ,;..1e
Eyes, Sir" answered John, q little
You've lost trunk, have you, my
boyT' h.-e to
find it?'' the latter questioned. eagerly.
"Did your trunk contain anytninS
.!Vervr' said John; "and l must
! find it. - looking anxiously around at inc
| trunks. -, ..4
"Anv objection to telling me what
vour trunk contained?'' asked the con-
| vOuI IuAA SVAss~S
ductor. ,:s.a
objections. He half-wished himself OUT
of this scrape. -
..There was boy shut up in that
Trunk. was there?'' questioned the con-
ductor. narrowly watching John, who
started yisibly. ..Do you think boy
could live till this time shut up Like
thatP'' went on the conductor, IN
sterner tone.
"I-don't know" said John, with
catch in his voice.
Running away to sea thus TAR nad
proved doubt al pleasure.
THAT'S a thing you should have
thought of before trying such TOOL
hardy trick as this" said Conductor
p. "If you wanted TO 60 to sea;
why didn't you do it like man. anu
not sneak off like theft"
John stood abashed, terror-strlcken.
too, at the thought OF what might De
Fred fate.
"You want to go to sea, do your
continued the conductor. ironically
"I-don't know" said John. "but
want to find the trunk"
; Naturally you do mercilessly said
the conductor. II should suppose you
would, after leaving boy in danger
, GUS situation like that"
"Oh, sir. if you know ANYTHING about
Fred, please tell mer' with sharper
catch in his voice.
1.-The best thing you can do is to go
home and learn the result of your folly.
You may be in time to attend the 1u-
neralr'
, Poor John! No one to blame but
3 himself! He feared the worst had
' come, and certainly wished himself at
home more, that he had never lett
t home.
4 The conductor turned away. saying
Y that he had an engagement OF a few
: minutes, and that John could wait
there if he liked till he came back.
t Unhappy John he waited; for ne
didn't know what else to do.
Meantime, let US return to Fred In
y the trunk.
9 Fortunately. the trunk was put in
; right side up. and, for time. he went
quite comfortably. At one of the sta
:. lions where more trunks were put in,
it one came crash on top OF Fred's. The
: cover cracked. and Fred shrank down.
g "Gracious, that came near smashing
mer' he thought. ..Hope they won't
s put in many like thatr'
o His bones were beginning to ache.
{. and he felt stiff from being cramped In
RI one position so long.
He tried to stretch-in vain; he then
d tried to turn little, with like result.
"Oh, dearr' he groaned; "this is
It ANYTHING but fun"
All this time other trunks were piling
|. up about him, thus lessening his supply
of fresh air.
To add to his discomfort, he began to
k feel sick; his head ached-yes. and he
n ached all over.
!. "Td give ten dollars to be out Of
" this" he thought. IL wish l hadn't
come in this sneaking way"
" He grew sicker-real seasick. He
d wondered if he were going to die; he
IF was sure he felt sick enough.
If any of you, readers, were ever
3 seasick you can sympathize with pool
a Fred and know little of the misery he
was suffering.
8, At last he could endure it no longer.
Of He heard men in the car, and he cried
# out:
a; "Let me outr'
is "Hello, therer' exclaimed one of the
men. what that?'
" They stood still minute. listening.
Of "Let me out! On, let me QUIT
s. came in muffled tones to their ears
le "Robbers!'' shouted the man, jump
in ing back Thieves in here!' and
for few minutes. there was quite 9
W lively time in the car.
The trunks were pulled out, anG
,e guided by rather stihed hOwl, Fred's
b. trunk was broken open, and miser
able, haggard. homesick boy was found
N The conductor came along, and Fred
in bit of shamefaced wat, confessed
all about the sea-going plan-but only
to after various questions from the con
q ductor. Even John might have for
in given him for telling. if he had seer
what . wretched. homesick boy he was
to '..Weil," asked the conductor, with .
e. dry smile, ''do you want to keep OF
and 90 to sea?' Jsyt.
N EroIsc Iov for tho had eOOIo0