The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-23

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There are perhaps few PLACES whore
mo may moro easily study human
nature il : variety Of phases than -
he railway stations. end therc Il per-
,aps no branch q human experience
1 which the ethereal vagaries Of the
|omlnlnc mind are more fully displayed !
han IN the ingenuity shown In the in
vention Of mistakes and wrong-headed-
noss 6 tho stations ! yes recently
Inc involuntary listener 70 : con-
between an exceedingly irAts
young woman and : baggage master. |
which may serve 20 illustrate what / |
mean. The young woman wished TO |
claim : trunk which she said belonged |
~ her. but the check for which had |
been thoughtlcssly left in hand bag |
which friend had taken down town
shopping. The young woman who
was pretty, vivacious and Of remark
ABLY intelligent expression, explained
20 the baggage-master, and incidentally
% line Of waiting people. half Of
whom wore in danger Of paying for
me pleasure Of hearing her artless tale
by losing their respective trains, that
s6e had come 10 town for wedding.
that she had had gown manufactured
,especially for tho occasion. and that
M Gown was IN the trunk in question.
s0f course" she explained. lucidly.
.it isn't as II didn't want the dress TO
wear today, and then / have the
chcck. YOU know; 80 it's all right"
.sIf You have the check IL 10 all
right the baggage master replied.
with some appearance, sufficiently I'M
gallant. OF considering that the con-
versation had continued IS long as he
had 4 right TO monopolize the pretty
young lsdy's attention; "but ! cant
give up trunks to anybody that asks
Tor them. You haven't anybody to
identify you and you haven't any
check"
s.Oh, but Lucy has tho check" she
interposed, dimpling and smiling.
ssand I'll send Il to you tomorrow. l
said I'd send II down In the morning.
and 1 can't do any better than that, for
/ shan't see Lucy till after breakfast.
and you know l must have my dress
before three o'clock.
Her interlocutor took check over
her shoulder from hackman, and the
vivacious lady explained all the cir
eumstances TO strange but. sympa-
thetic old lady who had elbowed her
way up 10 the window. 20 that when
the unfortunate official came up again
there wero two women to tell him the
facts in the case, and to explain to him
that the gown had really been made
10 wear this afternoon. and Il was after
twelve already, and that II Lucy hadn' I
gone of in such hurry the owner Of
the trunk. would. Of course, have re-
,membered the check, and that the i'm
portant bit oil metal should be sent
down in the morning.
ssAnd know the number" the viva-
cious young damsel added upon Sec
ond thought, a. : c1inching argument,
ssor at lsast l know IT, began wjfA :
seven and there were three numbers :"
l feel positive that the baggage-mas-
ter would have yielded in Time. No
man could have endured such = siege
long. especially = the young woman,
reinforced By the sympathetic old one,
pretty cffcctually blocked the window
and stopped the entire business Of the
department Of inner baggage It busy
time Of day. Unfortunately for Al con-
cernod, however, at this stage Of the
controversy . Hurried and disheveled
Young lady appeared on the scene, and
made her way through the crowd n
only young woman Or : hre engine
ran.
ssOh. Florence" she gaspcd, thrust
Ing forward the missing check, II got
clear up TO Winter street before found
Il, aud / took herdic and came tear
ang back, and knew what an awfu
Fix you'd be il, and II you hadn't go'
your dress I'd never have forgiven my
self.'
She stopped from sheer want o.
breath, and her friend fell upon hel
with incohcrent but satisfactory expires
sions Of rapture; while the sympathetic
old lady gIarcd through her wide spec
taclcs At tho offending baggagc-mas
ter. to remind him that he Was taken
~ Il were, red-handed il = Grim
against all that was highest In rights
and remarked with biting emphasis:
There. now. l hope you are salts
fed. after all the fuss you have mad
and The time you have kept al thes
folks waiting"
Personally / felt that oollectio
ought to be taken up for the much
abused baggagc-master, but he had
strong an air Of being perfectly used :
this sort Of thing that concluded upo
the whole that II was hardly necessar
to press the point-Cor. Prousdent
Journal.