The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-02-09

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time below. and as he had taken a Who'll
state-room for himself or, rather 10
himself and his box) there was no ris
of any one disturbing him there. 'ssa
7 L think he's a Fenian carrying owe
one OF those dynamite torpedoes to Liver
pool, g said a young British officer
homeWagdTbeund from Canada. -
/ .fMore likely a bank clerk abscondinj
with SPECIE = sgrunted "a big, red-face,,
cotton-spinner from Lancashire.
4. : Box amt heayysenough for thai. ;
objected a lanky New Yorker
Perhaps, after all. it. s nothing NOR
wonderful than Tare statue or pictur
Tor some museum
Every one looked. disappointed, fo
this last idea, which had semeho low nave
occurred to us, now seemed, natural an,
likely enough, and it was sad come
down after all our romantic imagin
1 ings.
But just then new turn was give,
10 the discussion by long. wiry, keen
eyed Cape Colder, who had hithertt
been perfectly silent. Taking his shor
pipe out OF his mouth, he said SLOWLY anC
/ emphatically: -
l. 'Taint that, boys; but reckon
couldteh you what it is!p, k'we Efe7
eagerly. - = = = y
"A baby" answered the Yankee
with the solemnity. of perfect conviction.
AT this there was shout of laughter
SO uproarious that passing steward
peered amazedly into the smokinp-room
to see what all the fun could be about
But the gentleman from Cape lCed was
not whit abashed. =
+, Laugh as much as you like, boys,
but. / say Istick to-. Every day
reg lar } at breakfast and at tea, I've
seen that air eritter, after.h had his
share, start for his state-room, with a
cup OF milk and hunk O. bread. and II
that don't mean "a baby sonewhar'
roun' Pm Mexikinn'
There was general start, for we non
remembered to have seen the stranger
do this, and wondered that we had moi
noticed it before
For few moments every one was ii
high glee at'the apparent solutionof the
riddle; but,the rsmorselesss New-Yorke,
speedily blighted our newborn happi.
ness. f~@ s55 20 - 80
! Guess you're 'consid,able out,there.
stranger" objected he.-" For the baby
that could be feurdayseaboard ship, ol
anywhere else, either, without raising
one squan, has, got to be discovered
vet. I've got three of ,en1s nnvsseIf and
1guess ought to know, 8 = -
, This unanswerable argument threw M
all baektowhere we were before, and a,
'sullen silence followed. broken at Ienptb
by a dasiiing young sophomore from
Harvard--one ofthe briskest and bold.
"Baby or no baby,ss said he. firmly.
+" !'m boandteeget at the ins and outs q
this JOB, somehow Either I'll know
WHAT'S inside that box before it, goes
ashore, or II never wear the crimson .o
Qua Harvard agaln1a 49, = hA1S ]@41
but THIS valiant pledge seemed likely to
go unredeemed, after all; for, as if the /
4 lian OF mystery mad KNOWN OF the plot
natchng against him. he seemed to be, /
u Possipie, more Ylgllant than ever.
LAY IoiioWed day, until at length we
came IN s1ght OF Queenstown, where the
Stranger was to land, and the secret Of
t1nese0x 7 Wassa secretastil.. a. -
/ But the time came at last. Breakf kfast
was hardly over that morning, when 8
steward sent on purpose by the ingeni. !
GUS sophomore D tapped at the door Of
the stranger who had retired as usua.
that the Captain waurted. him. Scarcely
had he disappeared when the .Haryar3
youth popped into his room. 81
The next moment a terrible cry stast.
led us all, ands rushing to the spot We |,
found the mystic box open, and the I
sophomore stmsglnoein The coils Of /
huge black-annd 4 ~ White sdakef
For moment all 4w,alss fc.onfus;on I'm,
he stranoerI Who. had s;nst r, S.et,,rn ~ AZ
,nrsr,u liza l;obtns,,Ss to s9tho. hroaL go -,
able 1;1led q c,,n with Mill % end = sat $500 = =
ront of the snaIa fnstanf1g b tha seI iattas ~ AZ
,nwonnd itself fron ifs Isnt;ro tIu 'asss, sstl
.eeled belniessIv aea;nst the wall "HN
.sYm, re more sfrightened than b,,.t
for this snakes onite bst harmless soons, sort
nd as tame a. net-caf n tba harsrs;ns .sn =
kent him dark while r conld for ti !
Iid13't 4 want him hnrt aftar st,,,s,,;rss - ail +
louisiana to oet him for the T,ondor