The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-01
THE MYSTERIOUS BOX.

-Boston Tronscrtpe.
THE MYSTERIOUS BOX.
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we nouced mm, 1 remember, from
tne very nrst; and we had three good
,easons ,or ooing So In me nrst place,
ne W. ene very last passenger 70 come on
Donru, arriving, moeeo, Just Wnen tne
cen was nnglng as angnai 70 clear tne
MP. ~ exc
In the second place he was rather a
remarkaoie-looking fellow altogether
,an, gaunt, sauow and stern, with
long, lean face, and cool, gray eye,
ano' as we an declared, manifest alr
OF mystery about him, even from the
beginning. a.s.. s.s.3si. .es3 4
Last, put py no means least, OF our
grounds OF suspicion, was the fact that
our lnyssericus tenow-passenger Drought
u IN o.u saU VII VII ira LII an ooiong, wocoel
o.ss 80, es.h;uI toI nse an 9selg plstoi
SaSe, ol "n,en ne Seemeo Iar more care
iui tnan OF tne Wen worn portnanteau,
Wnlcn was the only other article OF bag
II was evidently not very heavy, for
one sailor shouidered it with ease. 1t
couio not De caliec inconvenlently large
L o n = y.
70 keep ~ IN nus state-room instead OF
,or ,.0m,n ~ u ad .de hola; he,sner Sap.n
nor PoiSoI naue tle sig hlest ooJecaon.
- Ios iaosieu ssNts uiass, 'a,s Win Care,
=. aiy .l,.l VI .aia. s9rs, - We couio a. Al
= .ol ouIse.s - Ane yes ns master
nerrous Annety lese II shoulo pe dam
sSe9, VI even uunPeu against anytning
, naIu, was 80 nnarAso Ina. every one pe-
gan s,, ~ nave olsInai Suspicion as 70 lts
Po1s,eS p,t 80 con., ~ a
Dut lass e ,s. We LAO some.mng
Sise 10 " Inn ua apouI' lor tne nrse lnree
=. ~ w Jasse "ere Pefaect chap-
'sr ~ scclaenes.
70 pegin wiz, were thrown late
~ sselslg " nasl.P 10 Wall more tnan
~ hoeI lol tne naii. - hen, fWnen we
"se Jus. oe,sloe tne Hafrows, on came
,oe as .nica as uuckWneas PotI1uge,
wnicn Iorceo s7o us 20 Ae-eo ui iate In tne
a Ga,.ernoos, kTePing up All tne "niie
cn0les Oh Dens ana iog-norns' worthy OF
CMnese weonng;
anu 1s soon soll a tne loG cleared, II was
suceeeoeo oy pour on ram winch IN
sP,reo = iace1ous saioon-passenger TO
ssx lne csPtMn, = olnner-ume, whether
nsnin W. alo'ee ON tne ar.er.aeck
AT iengtn Inc ram went on 10, It's turn,
nnd now we oegan 70 nope tnaf tins was
tne enc Q. our Houples' put we. soon
round IL 70 Dc only the beginning OF
tnsm
The red and angry sunset on the sec
ond night, the ghostly haze around the
fuii moon when It rose, the short, un-
easy panlng OF the WIND. al foreboded
iulsneT i miscnieIi ana tne older salts
iooked meaningiy 70 windward and
DTOOQeSlcQ QlrIV WeaIQ6r. ~
me Plopnesy was not long IN fut-
Ming itself About midnight was
s"skeneo Dy scrasn as II 5Benty cart
loaas on prcks had tumDied through the
FOOLS Oh as many giass-houses' and
iounu mysen ssan1ing poit-up1ght IN my
gerth, Dss nke soialer In q sentry-oox-
Inc next moment 1 mad hne per-
specoVe view OF my toes nigh overhead,
while q KIND OF waterfall OF cushions,
blankets, pillows, soap, towels, boots.
and what not, went pouring through
every part OF the room.
Ineni oarst ioftha aeafemag chorus
2. snouls., gIoans, zseIeanlng ngsWomen,
c.: "a me ale Oh olsnes, sne
1sa cresn anu @lnSsie oi pnvhen grass, ana we
Ne.e larry LOT W az iast.sz s.osn5
=. for tne next Wensy-Iour hours, m the
grapnlc worus Oh our old boatsWaln,
everything blessed on board was in
aoe-out ana upside-down. Plates
ana cups, knises, iorks ana spoons. cd
dled ceaseiessly nom slde 10 SIDE OF the
ta1Ie.
nasty feeaers STUCK tneir iorks inio
.nemseiVes IN place OF tneir meat, the
soup mean. 10, tne NOUNS OF tne guests
emPaeo INTO tneir laps instead; and Just
As one uignireo oiu genseman was
raising ms conee-cup 70 ms Ips as SOL
emmy as II ne We're taxing poison, the
snip gave asuouen Iurcn, ana the DOLL
ing coHee new hke = iountaln-jet into
nus spouess snirtrir9nt, making him
"I1ggie hze speareo ee!, ga
oul oy lne morning OF tne Iourtn Gay
tne gaze seemed 70 nave spent IT'S force,
ana we Were az nperty 70 turn our at
Ienuon once more 70 tne .myseerlous
passenger anu nus equaily mysterious oox.
Inc Iormer seemed quite as ANXIOUS
70 preserve nimsen Irom contact Win
anytning on Doaro as ne nan been 10
preserve ms package, Tor ne never spoke |
to any one, and always answered as
snoI,tf as possible Wnen ne answered
81 AZ "nsnsver any one sPoAe W N.ns.
20 ao1 s..e DoA ~. i'sei1r I,. ~ Wa = geaoel
!P,.,-..S Pa-e.S tLe. 49, ~ ssS @ 49, 1Iu
pea.,,os,S,, prus i,,". ..a;nst 10 fon.S;n ~ rs -
ea:ne ea:sc .ns. .vuon,ng .nn IL ul even
gone nIeI =. = ~. Imply .,a' sne con
een1s, wnaeever tney mlgne De were
sonetning vs!y dangerous inueeo. Due
ss.r - ~ ue nau n,s LIQUIDS me1n as;i o,,Sd t
aes . u -l sone unAnomn "a h pen W. wo"u ~
5Iu9 SI Win tsa npeceps n 'ns nsnIage e thsv
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