St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-25

Then . rooster crowed, an . felle,
with cold in his nose, counted te
forward and then backward, an a
other cuss. with . bullfro9 voice, o.
dered mo to Wake up! the devil want
your
"You needn't laugh, gentlemen, whe
/ tell you I run: an sod you IL You
been thar. was certain the devil ha
come for me-latc but sure-an'
didn't wait for him to ask for M
ticket"
Tom Pope ut this point broke into
stentorian laugh.
III. gentlemen. you'd seen Sand,
come firing into the car whore wa.
sitting. yoa would never stop laughing
You may mot believe it. but his browr
face was rs white as your shirt fronts
and his eyes were as big as billiard
balls. He dashed down the aisle ans
whispered in my ear:
Tom! Tom! come with mc.'
What's the matter. Mac?' I said.
What ails your
Tom. the DEVILS in my car. He,
been a-cutting up for half An hour, m
I'm most crazy. II you're my friend
come with me T
He wasn't drunk. because he doesn't
drink. 1t wasn't religions enthusiasm,
because Sandy has no religion
Il almost believe he meant what he
said, and that he had been called for.
/ got up in q hurry AMI followed him.
Il hadn't more than got inside tho
baggage car when. from among the
trunks, something sung out: Shut that
door and pull down your vestr
SANDY wanted to fight, then" con-
tinucd Tom. "Hc danced around that
car like prize-fghter in the ring.
'Pshawr I said. that's boxed-up
parrot"
AN then the parrot told you you
lied" asserted McTougaL
"Yesi" says Tom. cheerfully.
"Aud then you said-do you remem.
Der what you said?"
mo, Mac; but wasn't I at your side
when we got into the next coach a Sec
ond later?"
''We came back with two brakcmen,"
McTougal remarked. continuing. ''One
Of them brakcmen looked on top of the
car, an under it, an in it. He stuck to
it that there was a vcntriloquist about.
but gave that idea up when he couldn't
6nd nobody"
I'VE flung those trunks right and
left In = lively style" observed Pope;
but not thing did we discover-no
human living or dead thing-not q
place from which the noise came.
I'VE were puzzled. you may believe.
and If the search had stopped there The
road might have warehouscd that
coach, for no railroad man would have
in q car that was haunted.
''But the end came. While we were
looking into each others faces. aud
frightened in being blocked in that sort
II way the voice spoke again. It said
vcry distinctly: Let me ou:! lam dy-
ng-dyingv"
1t was under my arm the voice
vas" Sandy exclaimed, lin . big trunk
hat had come from camp-mccting.
'uug out for Jake to run for doctor IL
here was one on the train an Tom
IN me put that trunk on the floor as
yently as If twas glass
"'Twas light enough. We thought
he poor thing must be almost = skcl-
ton. got hold of the slcdge hammer.
Keep up your courage, a'am,' shout
d. an we'll have you out in . jify."
'.You should sec Sandy at that mo-
nent, said Pope, enthusiastically. He
ooked like hero. every inch Of him.
lie gave that hammer four sweeping
wings Crash! crash! Rip! tear! or
anne the top. and it was flung clean
cross the car. A pile of light, fleecy
tuff followed
"A dozen faces looked anxiously in |
o that trunk, expecting to see The
'ody Of dying or dead woman. Sandy !
eemed beside himself with anxiety.
''Wc crowded around the trunk and |
he doctor knclt down beside it
''He pulled ont lot of rags very
run his arms down on q
tour. lifted mp great wad /
( cotton. took good long look
Dder it, rose to his feet and began to
urse everybody, and call 'em q pack
I fools. Then he changed his tune
nd began to laugh.
81 asked him little angrily what he
vas making such fuss about, and II
e proposed to take out the body.
Body! body! ha, ha, ha. ha! Sec
ere. gentlemen and he tossed out the
otton from the trunk, showing .
machine at the bottom.
This is Stringfellow's phonograph
rat he's had down to camp meeting,
,e doctor said. He took one and
gged it up 90 Is to 60 by clockwork.
he shaking of the car set it in mo-
on.
81 It's been repeating. parrot like,
My what has been told to it by the
'ints and sinners Very simple. you
e. I won't charge you anything for
y visit. conductor. Good night and
Z he went
SANDY. our friends here want TO
now how that dream OF yours over
lat trunk ended"
'Oh! they do. do they? Wal. gentle
en-. ! had to pay the cost Of that ,
unk, an trunks cost It took .
onth's salary to do it. which isn't
to the road
II learned one lesson II I ever
ant ter open any mans luggage in
turc. I'll smash it professional
Vie. Boston Globe.
lndeflnite Oaroetio0o.
How often does the ferry boat start?"