Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-02-15

"IUtH yOu WOu oNS AS'
"And you won't get your dollar"
"WeI, come, l am ready to take
you back"
0But we are not ready to go.
You lied to us, and refuse to pay
you a cent"
"You either pay or I'll make
jelly Of you"
"Come and try itW
He did not accept the Invitation,
bat drove off up town, and
stranger said to me
"He has gone for crowd, and
you will be lucky to get off alive
Its a shame.faced swindle, OF
course, and here are a dozen of us
who have been played the same
way, but what can we do about it,"
"You can kick against the gang
ayes, but we'd get the worst OF
it. They are a bad lot You'd bet
ter send the fellow the money"
"Pn be hanged if dop
AS we started up the river on
foot a dozen men followed to see
the fun. When we reached the
end of the street car track a mob
of fourteen eackman received us.
The one who had lied to us de-
manded his dollar. I refused to
pay 1t. de called to his mob to
come on, and 1 backed up to the
building, leveled a revolver at the
crowd, and waited. They didn't
come on worth a cent. They didn't
care for dollars then. One by one
they skunk away, while took the
car back to the Falls. The leader
tried to get me arrested for carry
ing deadly weapon, but no one
would issue a warrant. One JUS
tice told him in my hearing;
"Every man coming to visit the
Falls ought to come with the revol-
vers, and the ottOner he fires into
YOUR crowd the better it will be
for the few honest people here. l
wish more klckers would come
here"
In going down the Jersey coast
by way of New York,or rather by
Jersey City, 1 reached that point
to discover that was trunkless. l
went over the river, and consulted
the Erie baggage agent, and after
telegrsphing to various points, it
was found that they had been left
in the station &C Buffalo. The bag
gageman there had three hours In
which to get them aboard, but he
had singled them out as a victim.
Everybody else's trunk had come
along, but mine had been held over
for a rest. 1 couldn't kick a man
300 miles away, but laid for him.
All the while l was fishing and
sailing l nursed nv wrath to keep
1t warm, and s. weeks later l
walked into the baggage Office at
Buffalo. l had the documents to
back me up, as l said
"On the 22nd day of July !
passed through here. l was tick
eted to Jersey City straighter than
a string, and before I left Detroit
I saw that my checks we're all
right"
"Well Z"
"Well, you left my trunks right
here for twenty.tour hours"
"Quite llkely.'
"And now you must pay for
your carelessnessp
"Whatw
HHere is a bill OF expenses made
by your neglect of duty: There is
six dollars for three OF US at a hotel
over night. paid an expressman
seventy.hye cents. paid another
the same. had to hire a hack to
carry me about in Jersey City, and
that's twelve shlllings more. The
total expense is SO, to say nothing
of my time, and worry, and day
lost.n
"And you expect me to pay"
you'll either pay of I'll bring
suit and send for the General Bag
gage Agent as Witness
"Well, you are a crank y
"No, | am not. | simply kick
when | am imposed upon. The
road guaranteed to deliver me and
my baggage in Jersey City at a
certain hour all right unless acct
dent prevented. There was no
accident"
He stormed around tor awhile
and then paid me, aud | divided
the money between two cripples at
the door. He SAID was the mean
eat man be ever saw, but il was a
lesson he will never forget.
At Blmira, once upon a time, |
had to wait for the western cOnnec.
ton. No one knew how long 1t
would be, az the other train was
late, and to satisfy a natural curl
osity stepped to the ticket win
dow and asked of the young man
inside
"Wlll you please tell me how
late the Erie Express lsl"
He did not look up from his pa
per, ana / repeated the query. He
moved a little this time and | was