The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-19

other cuss. with a bnllfrog voice, or
dercd me 10 Wake up, the dcv,l wants
your
"You needn't laugh, Eentlcmcr,, when
tell you RIM; an sod You II you'd
been thar. was certain the devil had
come for me-4iate bui rsnrtcsan, 1
didn't wait Tor him 10 ask foT my.
ticket.
Tom Pope at this point broke into a
stentorian laugh
III. gentlemen. you'd seen Sandy
come firing into tho ear whore was
sitting, you would never stop laughing
You may not believe IL, but his brown
face was as white as your shirt fronts,
and his eyes were IA big as billiard
balls lie dashed down the aisle and
whispered IN my car;
Toni Toni come with mci''
What's the matter, Mae2' | said
What ails you2
Tom. the devils 10 my car. Hes
been a-eutting up for half an hour an
I'm most CRAZY. II you're my friend
come with me /
slIc wasn't drunk, because hessioesn't
drink. II wasn't religious enthusiasm,
because Sandy has no religion.
II almost believe he meant what lie
said, and that he had boon called for.
| got up In hurry AMI followed him
II hadn'tmore than got inside the
baggage ear when, from among tho
trunks, something sung out: shut that
door and pull down your vestl
Sandy wanted TO fight. then. con.
tinued Tom. lIc danced around that
car like prize-ightor ID the ring
'pshawr said. that's boxed-up
parrot, Z
AN then the parrot told you ron
He'd, asserted Nc Tougal
"Yes'' says Tom. cheerfullys
And then you said do yon renstn.
Der what you said?',
mo, Mac; but wasn't at your side
when wo got into the next coach i Soc
ond later?'
I'VE came back with two bralsenen,"
McTougal remarked, continuing. "One
Of them brakemen looked on top Of the
ear. an under II, an IN II. He stuck to
II that there was ventriloquist about,
but gave that idca up when lac couldn't
find nobody
I'VE flung those trunks right and
left in q lively style, observed Pope;
.but not thing did we discover no
human living or dead thing mot q
place from which7t the noise came.
1--WE were puzzled. you may believe,
and II the search had stopped there, The
road might have warchonscd that
coach, for no railroad man would have
travelled In car that was haunted.
s.Isut the end came. While we were
looking into cach others faces. and
frightened In being blocked III that sort
Of way the voice spoke again. II said
--@4sa- atsst w $3.50
ing dyingI.
ut was under my arm the voice
was, Sandy exclaimed, in a big trunk
that had come from camp-mceting.
sung out for Jake to run for doctor II
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 slsel.
eton. got held 81 the sledge hammer.
Keep up your courage, ma am, shout
ed, an Wen have you out in i jiify.''
"You should see Sandy at that mo-
ment, said Pope, enthusiastically. lie
looked like hero, every inch Of him.
He gave that hammer four sweeping
swings. Crashi crashl Ripl teari on
came the top and it was flung clean
across the car A pile Of light. lieecy
stuff followed
"A dozen faces looked nnSiously I'm
to that trunk, expecting to see the
body of dying or dead woman. Sandy
seemed beside himself with anxiety.
1--WE crowded around the trunk and
the doctor knclt down beside It
'.He pulled out lot Of rags very
carefully, run his arms down on q
prospecting tour. lifted up great wad
of cotton, took good long look
under 1t, rose to his feet and began to
curse every body, and call EN- pack
Of fools. Then he changed his tune
and began to laugh.
II asked him o little nngrily what he
was making such a fuss about, and II
he proposed TO take out the body.
]" Bodyi bodyl ha, ha, ha, hal See
here, gentlemen and he tossed out the
cotton from the trunk, showing Q
funny looking machine al the bottom.
This is Stringfellow's monograph
that he's had down to camp meeting.
the doctor said He took one and
rugged it up SO as to 60 by clockwork.
The shaking Of the car set it in mo
ton.
".It's been repeating. parrot like,
only what has been told to 1t by the
saints and sinners. Very simple, you
see. won't charge yon anything for
my visit, conductor, Good night. and
off he went
SANDY, our friends here want to
know how that dream 81 yours over
that trunk ended
"Ohl they do, do they Wal, gentle.
men. had to pay the cost Of that
trunk, an trunks cost II took 4
months salary to do II, which ISN'T
complimentary TO the road
II learned one lesson. II ever
want ter open any mans luggage in
future, Ill smash it professional
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