New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-21

DIDN'T write nOtln, us St'> iic (u't
took dat ar letter l give you out OF his pocket,
and he says: Give dis to de English gent as
sits opposite and then, as the cars begins To
move, he runs to dc door, and out on de plat
form, and jumps OIL ~
%" You saw him Jump oil
" Yes, sab: sartain sure
H. certainly did look strange. ! sat down
and tbought what had better do Gradually II
seemed to dawn unon me that was making
great deal more of il all than 1t dcscrVe1, ana
that in America il wasn't such marvel,ou Isl pro,
ceeding for stranger to ask and expect you 10
do "A favor which in England one would hesitate
to accept from an intimate friend. III was qulte
possible if not probable, that the negro was mis-,
taken He couldn't have noticed all he Claimed
had he been attending to his WORK. nc Ger
tany couldn't tell what any OF the other pass .
engers were doing and why sing'e usO ali non'
sense OF course ] would take charge oi IN,
parcel as he had asked me. why notn anu
thought again of how grouhucSs tro g thc snol,
mr-room And yet it, true there waS mo no one one
there when he said the room was luii P 9 ~. u'dV
dan vacation before got there. had not r,.9ught
of that before, and what had beeh lnnAi H., .
ycritabe mountain of seemed TO uwlhulo ~; a. w
into the FINEST moehill. Thoroughly s"1isneu,
I nicked no the parcel and examined i1 III WIS WIS
clearly n box OF some sort, foot long pS eiSi.
inches wide and four deep. it feit ~ IL ig No" ;s
made of tin 1t was rather heavy, t0o' puS I.'
nnntents whatever they were must nave ocen
carefully hacked, for there was no mo'ciT.nv os
Jingle inside as | shook 1t TO sec ~ no vs.
r.pQn N |
AVID honnd round several times with thick, STOUT
string. tied with series OF nara ki,ots anu n,oro
had rot noticed this beiore-these Nno. riab
partially covered by red scalins ssai' This i'm
~rcssion was evidently made by larger sea- ,h'. 81
lie surface of the admitted IhS sn9",n7 tho
in its full dimensions or ucs - moro closely Yes,
Int half of the seal which had Deeh ~, usr Das
loft its impress on the wax. buU III bv n
enough to show that sssn IL oSu probably ring
ON which monogram had been ensra az rho let
clearly deciphered the lower naV Vas the only
ters w and i,.nars fio" the parcel bore. D..
The norter came to make up my ne'' ana roll
ting the parcel, with my it aG 'tnrned in: ard,
o. rusS d" Cor the absence of the fat nan n ns
cnmforting reflection that the oen'n
unoccuped, was soon ISo seemed hours when
l ia .,osc bmmps for which the 7-,,ddcn
brol,cs are famous brought thc u Fnn sound and
STOW and reused me- with start, - OF nv awaken
dreaIg1s obt IL must be COLLISION 9r nm IN
ns had lcft the line at all events; , ton of nv
nv berth No, ddn t.q GU With thc bottom Of
head CAM ~ and / fei back consi"'. Tl
tvrncd and bewildered, for the ,I aval.c thc
@ nonses came back. and. th0rousy c ;nd;gnn
anger of pain gave place 10 ' in the upper BERTH
ton. hoI iov could it be? BY what rignI ls'I
anv one taken possession OF II I'D s'' any RIGHT
to the fat man. Rn% seemed quiet in the
there had evidently been no aeci"oI'S omid
tho rain was starting on ITS way 57n tbo norter
get ND at once and remonsIr".c M I had re-
1IsstiIv milling on the few garments Cow ,ho
Il"s''JS do character of ones dlsrophs ioL Wy
night in a Pullman car beng deciu,us Hi7noDor
roiIed ont of my berth, and, uhaole ~ stoc
Tho whereabouts of my boots, set ouC ~ S oorrnr
incs to find him. nc ""' ~
of the smolllng-rOom' o cob
Amt no sort O use compnlnih - mn ain,t cot
he said. in reply TO my compliant LIS "nn v5 Fen
nothin' TO do with IT, JcsO o''S
MINI i"t thr berth belongs to the fat gentleman
expostuatod. =, diroroncc He
Dat don't make no sort q oi n de- COMPANY
sovs dat all unclaimed, unoccupled perlhs n'GS'
be filled up if any passengers wants en- o. as
the conductor he give dat berth to gem man %
got aboard at Toledo. Hes III peu ni'S'''' -
he could tell you the same.
Much against my will, was obliged 70 accept
this exclamation though couldn see Whao IeEat
right the company had to sell the same pcrDn
twice to two different people ANU ,os. i T
returned TO my berth. As | drew aside the cur
tains which hung in one long valance -, rom ON d
rod near the ceiling, and thus screened pom Ipi
and lower berthS from the paSsage-way WITHOUT,
/ staggered back The occupant OF the upper
berth hastily turned over with his face TO the VIII
and drew the bcd-cOthcs up about his head for
the moment | could have sworn IL was thc ilI
man with the thin face. | say, for the moment,
because the next minute saw that the recumpeht
figure was that of slight, thin man. 10 assure
myself however, | SAD.
" / beg your pardon
But the only answer L got was snore. !
thought ne couldn't have got to sleep so QUICK
as that and this adding to my suspicious. de-
termincd to satisfy myself
Look here my friend" I said in a loud voice.
for | was somewhat out OF pauehcc' hhFeh
YOU made a mistaken
There was no movement in reply, but gruf
voice, as unlike the fat mans as two voices could
be- in the richest brogue | ever heard outside oil
Tippcrary or COnnemara, came from uhuef inc
bcd-cothcs:
Mistake. is it? Bedad think it's yersclf
as has made a mistake, yez1l purity soon Ioind
ont if yez don't lave me alone, we ripscaiiioh'
Quite satisfied though still mystifed, ! turned
in Srain But sleep I couldn't, and didn't. till
daylight showed through the chinks OF my "lhuOW
blinds Then | dropped into nap from when
was aroused by the porter. with the intelligence:
Next station, Cleveland Half an hour for
breakfast"
My first thought was of the episode Of the night
before with the man overhead. | looked up
saw 10 the top of the car The upper Defth was
back in it's panel in the wall, rs | rad seen 10
when first went to bed Could II Oh h"S St neeT
S onlY d SsG quite SURE So got up and
You mean dat 'ar i'renehnan Nho took de
berth over Won AZ Toledo? Why. he leit de car
Frcnchman pr said l. " Irishman, you mean
"Irishman? Not much think knows an
Irshman when | sees him Dat or party was q
Frcnchnan. OATS all I knows about H. boss
Cleveland, Half an hour for brcalIfast.7
The next few hours found us slIrting the south
crn banks of Lake Erie. and at o'clock we
STONED at Buffalo for dinner. rs | came back
from the dining-room in the station, and was get
ting into the car again, glanced down the tran.
and again could have taken my oath That S+w
the fat man in the act OF stepping in AT the further
cnd NJ the next car So sure was l of this that
7 hurried on INTO the other car to see l walked
from one end to the other, scrutnzing the pas
scngcrs till they must have thought WIS datec-
tive in search of some Ascending bank director
ar State official But my abors were in vain.
Tire fat man was nowhere to he seen. came
hacl, to my seat with sense Of curious uncertainty
which | could not shake of Mystery seeHcu
TO be following mystery and no sooner was one
puzzle apparently cleared up than another sprang
up in its place felt tempted to open the parcel
But, on serious consideration, was | justified in