The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-07-28
FEMININE VAGARlES.
An Impatient Young Lady and an
Obstinate Old Baggage.Master.

An Impatient Young Lady and IN
Obstinate Old BaggaEe.Master.
There are perhaps few places where !
one may more easily study human
nature in variety of phases than at
the railway stations, and there is per-
haps no branch Of human experience
in which the ethereal vagaries of the
feminine mind are more fully displayed
than in the ingenuity shown in the in
vcntion of mistakes and wrong-headed-
ness nj the stations. l was recently
;he involuntary listener to con-
troversy between an exceedingly irate
young woman and baggage-master.
which may serve to illustrate what l
mean. The young woman wished to
claim trunk which she said belonged
to her, but the check for which had
been thoughtlessly 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
to the baggage-master, and incidentally
to line of waiting people, half Of
whom were in danger of paying for
the pleasure Of hearing her artless tale
by losing their respective trains, that
she had come to town for wedding.
that she had had Il gown manufactured
especially for the occasion, and that
the gown was in the trunk in question.
"Of course she explained, lucidly,
lit isn't as il I didn't want the dress to
wear to-day, and then l have the
cheek. you know; SO it's all right"
''lf you have the check it is all
right, the baggage master replied,
with some appearance. sufficiently I'M
gallant, Of considering that the con-
versation had continued as long as he
had right to monopolize the pretty
young lady's attention; "but 1 can't
give up trunks to anybody that asks
for them. You haven't anybody to
check
"Oh, but Lucy has the check" she
interposed, dimpling and smiling,
land I'll send it to you tomorrow. /
said I'd send it down in the morning.
and can't do any bitter 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 a check over
her shoulder from hickman, and the
vivacious lady explained all the cir
cumstances to strange but sympa-
thetic old lady who had elbowed her
way up to the window, so that when
the unfortunate official came up again
there were two women to tell him the
facts in the case, and to explain to him
that the gown had really been made
to wear this afternoon, and it was after
twelve already, and that if Lucy hadn'
gone off in such hurry the owner OF
the trunk, would. of course, have re.
membered the check, and that the i'm
portant bit OF metal should be sent
down in the morning.
"And know the number" the viva.
cious young damsel added upon Sec
ond thought, ~ clinching argument
"or at least ! know it began with q
seven and there were three numbers. v
l feel positive that the baggage-mas.
, ter would have yielded in time. Nc
man could have endured such a siege
long, especially Us the young woman
reinforced by the sympathetic old one
pretty effectually blocked the window
. and stopped the entire business Of thu
, department of inner baggage at busy
time of day. Unfortunately for all con
cerned, however, at this stage of thu
! controversy Hurried and disheveled
young lady appeared on the scene, ant
! made her way through the crowd a
only young woman or fire cngin'
a can.
"Oh, Florence" she gasped, thrust
. ing forward the missing check, II 60
clear up to Winter street before fount
!, it, and / took herdic and came tear
q ing back, and / knew what an awful
! fix you'd be in, and il you hadn't 60
I your dress I'd never have forgiven my
a self"
a She stopped from sheer want o
I breath, and her friend fell upon he
; with incohcrent but satisfactory expires
r sions of rapture; while the sympatheti
old lady glarcd through her wide spec
tacles at the offending baggage-mas
= ter, to remind him that he was taken
as it were, red-handed in Grim
against all that was highest in right.
and remarked with biting emphasis:
4 There, now, l hope you are salts
n fed, after all the fuss you have mad
q and the time you have kept all thcs
4 folks waiting"
e Personally l felt that collectio
!. ought to be taken up for the much
n abused baggage-master, but he had s
A strong an air of being perfectly used
O this sort of thing that concluded upo
! the whole that it was hardly necessar
;. to press the point. Cor. Prociden'
- Journal.
, A FATAL PET.
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