St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-02
IDENTIFYING A TRUNK.

The Woman Knew 1t Well and
Catalogued It's Contents.
NJ. Quad i'll New York World
1t was at the baggage rooms IN the
Erie railroad depot. The woman had
lost the check for her trunk. and as IS
usual in such cases where no suspicion
is entertained, she was asked to identify
her baggage.
''Oh, can pick that trunk out of a
thousand. 1t was uncovered trunk
with strap around it, and it had big
w for White on each end. 1t was a
trunk my sister bought in Cincinnati
and paid So for 1t, and after she got
crippled up with rheumatism and
couldn't get out any more she sold it to
me for 81. There it is now! I'd swear
to that trunk in Africa"
but about the contents. ma'am. You
have the key?''
'Of course l have. | had this key
made in Buffalo last week. | lost the
OTHER key about year ago, and always
believed that Mrs. Robinson's baby
swallowed it while [ was there visiting.
The poor thing had cramps for three
months after ] left, and she wrote me
the other day that she never expected it
would be a healthy child again.
Describe the contents" said the
officer as he pulled the trunk down.
well, let me see. Well begin with
the till first. There's my bonnet in the
bonnet box. l paid 81 for it in Buffalo
last year, and had over g worth of
trimmings put on last week. | don't
while here, but l thought I'd better
bring 1t along. l was never quite salts
fed with that bonnet, but l suppose"
What else?' interrupted the man.
There's black fan which cost me
SO cents. got it at a sale, and every
body says it was bargain. My sister
Emily was with me the day / bought it,
and she could swear to it if necessary
She advised me to get white fan, but
prefer
81 don't care about the fine partieu-
lars, ma'am.'
''Oh, you don't. Well, there's black
shawl in there which used to belong to
my Aunt Eunice. She had it for ten
years bsfore she died, and then it fell to
my mother. Let's see. That shawl
must have been in our family for-for-"
$50 on, ma'am."
There's three corsets tied up to-
gether--old corsets. They don't amount
to much, but [ always hate to throw
such things away. My sister here keeps
hired help, and [ brought 'em along
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"Well?" gA
''Then there's my black silk dress. I
paid $3.50 yard for it i'll Buffalo, but
got cheated. l hadn't worn it but twice
when the silk cracked and creased all
up. L went back and told the clerk of
II, but he wouldn't do anything about
it. Next time buy silk dress l pro-
pose"
Never mind about the dress"
The waist is ceaded."
II don't care about that
''Well. let's see! Oh, yes. On the
bottom of my trunk are four sheets [
was bringing to my sister. made and
Dieached ZEN myself. She's got four
boys, and the way they do kick the
sheets out is something awful. | don't
suppose L could have brought her any
thing she would
What else?n
"fhere's pair of gray pants Oh top
the sheet-an old pair belonging to my
husband. They are worn little thin
on the knees, but they will do to cut
over for one of the boys. Eve brought
up three boys myself and l know how
awful they are on pants. Sometimes it
wouldn't be four weeks before
You can have the trunk" bluntly re-
Piled the baggage man.
but theresa lot more things to men
ton yet. There's three pairs of new"
Take it awayr'
And forgot to tell you that there
are
If you want your trunk here it isl"
swell, I'll have the man take it away.
lost my check, and wanted to satisfy
you that 1t was my trunk. If you'd
give me time I'd tell you about the
black coat with the fur collar, and the
two pairs of suspenders for the boys,
and
The baggage master walked of, and
after waiting around two or three min
utes with disappointed and detected
look she sorrowfully told the express
man to carry the trunk to his wagon.