Connecticut western news., 1889-11-27
A Baggage Masters Story.

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 A Baggage Masters Story.
 Many strange things are left behind by absent-minded travellers, and the baggage-master at one of the stations in Boston had particularly queer experience some time ago. At the time it occurred it did not seem very amusing to him, but after the affair was strengthened out he laughed heart fly over it. He said, In speaking of the case:
 One night last winter brakeman came in and said there was 8 man with paralysis waiting outside. l went out and found the man sitting in rolling chair that we keep for the use of invalids. A hackman who was with him said the man had come across the city from another station with 8 lady. When they got to our station the driver called brakeman to get the rolling chair, and the lady went, as she said to get the tickets. There was some delay in getting the chair, but after while it was brought and the invalid was wheeled to the gate to await the return of his travelling com panion. He waited for more than an hour, and then the brakeman called me. The hackman described the lady and said she had two dogs with her. The man at the gate remembered that lady of that description, with two dogs, had gone through the gate, but he could not tell what train she had taken, and, of course, he did not know her name. took the hackman's number, and he went away. Then, as it was getting cold, the brakeman and I rolled the invalid into my office to wait for the appearance of somebody to take the man off our hands. The | mans mind was so affected that he 1 could not give his name, nor tell where 1 he had come from nor where he was going. After while he said he was hungry and would like some toast and tea. got the toast and fed him as I would baby. He said he had to take the tea through glass tube. l had no tube, so went to the restaurant ill the station and got some straWs and he used those.
 l could not leave the man to ge home to supper, and the situation was becoming very unpleasant. About nine o'clock a policeman opened the door and asked if had paralytic. I said had, and asked if he would take him. He said "Great Scott! No! l don't want him, but his folks are com ing in after him." and he hun ried out, as if he was afraid I would make him take the man.
 About half an hour later the paraly- tics wife and some friends appeared. The wife explained that the two dogs had caused her considerable trouble, and. as her husband was an invalid, she usually travelled alone.
 It did not occur to her that her hus- band had started with her this time until she got away out to Hyde Park or Dedham, or some place out that way. Then she took the dogs home, tele- graphed to the police to look for her husband, but had to wait some time before she could get a train back to the city.
 I was relieved to get rid of theman, and don't want any more "lost arti- cles" of that kind to take care of. don't mind having umbrellas, pocket books, overcoats, lunch baskets and occasionally baby-I don't mind ba- bies, for have had several left in the cars, and they were claimed in a few minutes-but when I have another paralytic shall be willing to have somebody else take care of him.
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