National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-11-07
NO woNI,ERug1ooH&D WEARY
Six Tiuiks and Thirteen Bags ani
jiundlrs In n Party.

New YORK rlibunr.l
SIX persons were IN Che party the bishop,
tlc bishops wife, lis son and daughter
md two young ladies', relatives Of tho
Lisfor. They were getting home from tbs
sepsl cie, and on their way westward they
stopped at the Grand Central station. The
bishop was q tall man, with long stray
Cling beard and worried look, aud his
wife, tall woman, looked worried also.
The baggage consisted OF six Trunks and
thirteen Iugs aud bundles. The trunks
were checked, but the efforts of the bishop
and his family to keep track of the bags
ard tundltG were slowly killing them. A
TIilunc reporter wandering through the
station, Observed the situation.
"GCOfgc,n said the bishops wife after
silence In which evidently mental roll
call OF bundles was Icing made, where Is
tie cGmcrap George accounted sitsfac-
torily for II.
'l'do not sec the small blue satchel nor
tie brown buiidle IN & shawl strap. We
left them" she added in tones OF conylc-
ton, 81 knew we DID" The missing arti-
Clts were brought to light after thorough
search occupying minutes Of terrible agony.
"All we now Gccd,n said George pleas
nntly, rs lie clnsTCd the camera, and bal
CLCed the recovered shawl.sttOp and small
blue satchel Gu unoccupied portions OF his
lap, sis q couple more parcels Next sea-
son We can take bunch OF lightning rods
end fire eXtingu!shcr. | should enjoy
carrying them" A timely distribution OF
cookies silcrccd discomfort, and the bishop
appeared looking even more worried than
before.
"NIary," he said, addressing one OF the
girls, "do You know your trunk2 | cannot
find IT," IL was finally agreed that Mary's
trunl; had n strawberry mark on one end in
the form Of the initials I'M. G. Co." and the
bishop again hurried away. He returned
In a few minutes and said in Mortified tones:
~ cannot find any Of the trunks; they have
Teen delayed, think. We must all stay
over night in New York, as there is no time
TO wait longer here-we have but two hours
and half left to reach the other DEPOT
Here sympathetic cXprcssman stepped up
and offered to take the checks and express
the six laggard trunks. The bishop heaved
a sigh of relief and produced the checks.
Thirteen dollars" said the expressnan.
The bishop paid the money, and then he
gIasped two satchels and four umbrellas
that had been stacked by the family en-
compliment, and the bishops wife took a
shawl and her satChel aud basket OF fruit,
ard the girls had iatchcls, and George
brought up the rear with the camera aud
the small blue satchel, and the brown parcel
In shawl strap. Thus nrrayed they filed
out, look of settled melancholy on the
bishops clerical visage, and vanished into
an elevated station. But the reporter, Won
dcring II those trunks really didn't come,
wandered into the baggage room. Six
trunks, all sizes, stood together in one
corner, and one bore the initials IN. G. CT
"KnOw whose trunks those are I" hC
said TO baggage man.
"They belong TO an old party in here Q
few minutes ago. He didn't give us time
to get them in from the train. So ratified
he couldn't read straight Guess he'll be
in again; he's got slnthers OF timc,n