The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-10
161 East Washington Street.

you. after Folly, as we called her, an. 1 don't
wonder; for her hair was as soft and light as
silk on early corn an she had the handsom-
est teeth, an the biggest, wonderfullest dark
eyes, an an angeliferous skin But neither
she nor her old cooperin' dad had q cent, so
the Conrads, bein' toploftical mahogany
high parties, just shut down ON her"
1.-THE DID, old story"
at don't know ef its so old Per'aps you've
heerd 1t afore, an can save my wind"
81 mean that the course of true love never
does run smooth"
''Ohl that's it, is itln
mo offense, old man. But proceed with
your yarn and tell me how Len Conrad left
his senses in the tunnel"
That's what l was comm to when you
put in your chin music When Len found
the family was forninst the courtin' he took
to meetin' her unbeknownst That was
found out, and then it was decreed that Len
should be sent TO Yourope The evenin'
upon Lens departure he meets his girl, av
course, an they meandered naterly little
too late, an undertook to make a short cut
to the cooper house through the tunnel I
saw the doves go in. She was leanin' on
his shoulder weepin an he looked as il
he'd lost his mother-in-law."
"Mother-in-lawn
That's a little joke o. mine, mister.
mean he looked like a canned funeral. |
warned 'em not to try the tunnel, for it was
close on TO the time for the lightnin' express
But they didn't heed or hear me-ies kept on
| in fbexy l,.aIl Loft I sh.t n
took my lantern an run arter EN-. Jes'
as 1 come in sight the Internal thing came
a roarin past Glen Cove-it don't stop
there-an' L heard the whistle as the
death on wheels plunged into the tun
mel damned the wall, tell yez I could
see Len push his girl agin the same so the
train might pass and not touch, an like q
flash 1 saw her tear away. Now, whether she
was scarf and didn't know what she was
about, wanted to kill herself, can't be
known, but she shot right in front ov that
train. l saw the headlight shine like fash
Nv lightning on white, frightened face as l
crowded back agin the wall, an then with a
roar like thunder, an the whole thing seemed
wiped out as if a sponge had sorter sponged
us out heard the trains thunder sort Of
spread "a il left the tunnel as if soundin' the
murder over the land, an / stood there in a
sort NV daze listnin' TO that roar die out in
the distance. When come round, which I
did in a mint, l ran on. | stumbled over
poor Len, lynn as if dead, an then run up
and down at least twict before / saw heap
that looked like a bundle of rags soaked in
blood, an will you believe, the bundle moved
1t was only culver, an all was still She
didn't make lovely corpse when we got ft
together Some people sckened an tainted
when they saw it,
''And Lenf'
1--WE carted him home. The doctors could
not find any bones broken, cuts, or burt in
side or out, but he lay sorter stoopid six
weeks and then got up an has been looney
ever since"
Poor fellow"
SHOULD think So Queerest thing about
the poor chap was that he took to runnin
ahead NV trains, goin' through the tunnel
a-warnin' people of. He sorter got that ham
mered out Nv him"
''The old folks learned lesson chr
mot much; can't teach SIGH old stoopids
much They do say the old ledge has soft
enin' Nv the brain, but don't believe be had
any to soften" DOM PIArT.
MAC-o-CHEEK, o. 49,