Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-25

tinued Tom. lie danced around that
car Ike . prize Eghter in tie ring Entj
the voice cried cut quite lead: 'D4nl&
tionF 'PshawF sad 10 SANDY, That's
boxed up parrot
An then e parrot told you yos
he'd. asserted MeTougal
Yes, says Tom, cheerfully.
Aad then you szid-dO you remem
Der what you saisiy'
mo, Mack; bat wasn't al your eide
when We got into the next coach a sec.
ond Later
We caEae back with two brakemen.s
McT0uSal remarks. continuing. .'ons
Of them bFakeInen looked on top IF the
car an under il an ia It. lie stuck 10 il
that there Was yentriloqnist Shonr,
bar gave that idee up when he couldn't
End nobody
We tang those trunks right and left
in lively stgle. = observed Pope. bat
not thing Il We discover-no human
living or dead shing-Hot place fem
which The noise came We we're pEz-
zied, you nl4y lelisye; and if rae starch
had stopped there the road might have
warehoused that coach. for no railroad
man would have Travelled in car that
was haunted But the end came While
We were looking in each others faces,
and frightened in being blocked in that
sort OF way, the voice spoke again. II
said very distinctly: Let me out! am
dyirg-dyingr
1T was under my arm, the voice was,
Sandy exciaims. in q big trunk that
had come from camp meeting. / sung
out for Jake 10 run for doctor. il there
WAS one on the train. an Tom an me put
That trunk on the floor as gently as II
twas glass. Twas light enough. We
thought the poor thing must be almost
skeleton. | got hold of the sledge-
hammer. Keep up your courage,
maan" | shouted, AN we'll have you
out in jiffy'
'You should have seen Sandy 1T that
moment" says Pope enthusiastically.
He looked a hero, every inch Of him.
He gave that hammer four sweeping
swings. Crash! crash! Rip! tear! OF
came the top, and it was flung clean
across the car. A pile Of light, heecy
stuff followed. A dozen faces looked
anxiously into that trunk. expecting to
see the body Of dying or dead woman.
Sandy seemed beside himself with anx-
iety.
I'VE crowded around the trunk and the
doctor knelt down beside il. He pulled
out a lot Of rags very carefully, run his
arm down on prospecting tour, lifted
up great wad Of cotton. took good
long look under it, rose to his feet and
began to curse everybody and call 'em
pack Of fools. Then he changed his
tune and began to laugh. asked him
little angrily what he was making such
fuss about. and II he proposed to take
out the body.
"'Body! body! ha, ha, ha, hal See
here, gentlemen and he tossed ont the
cotton from the trunk, showing funny
looking machine at the bottom. This IL
Stringfellow's monograph that he's had
down to camp meeting the doctor said.
He took one Of Edison's concerns and
rugged it up so as to go by clockwork.
The shaking of the car set 1t In motion.
It's been repeating, parrotlike, only what
was told to it by the saints and sinners.
Very simple, you see. won't charge
You anything for my visit, conductor.
Good night and of he went.
SANDY, our friends here want TO know
how that dream Of yours over that trunk
ended"
"Oh. they do-do they? Wal, gentle
men, had to pay the cost Of that trunk,
an trunks cost in these times. 1t took q
months salary to do 1t, which isn't com
plimentary to the road. ] ID one
lesson. II / ever want ter any
mans luggage in future Ill smash 1t in
professional style."-E. d. NJ. in New
York News.