The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-02

other cusss with d bullfrog voice. or.
dered me % Wake upl tho devil wants
your
"lou needn't laugh, RcntlcSaea. when
] toll yop I run; an sod you II you'd
been thar. | was certain the devil had
come Tor sae--late but sare~-an' |
didn't wait for him 10 ask for my
| ticket
Tom Pope at this point broke into a
stcntorian laugh
IL, gentlemen. you'd seen Sandy
come firing into the car 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 As big as billiard
balls He dashed down tho aisle and
whispered in my eRr:
| :. Toni Toni come with mel"
i What's the matter, MacY | said.
What ails you?' Z
| Tom. the devils 10 my car. He's
been a-cutting up for half an hour, an,
I'm most crazy. II you're my friend
come with me L
He wasn't drunk, because he doesn't
drink u wasn't religious enthusiasm,
because Sandy has no religion
II almost believe he meant what he
said, and thet he had been called for.
got up In hurry ami followed him.
II hadn't moro than got Inside the
baggage car when, from among tho
trunks, something sung out: shut that
door and pull down your vesti'
SANDY wanted to fight, then, F. con.
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car like prize-fghter 10 the ring.
"sPshawi' | said, that's boxed-up
parrot y,
FAN then the parrot told you you
lied, y asserted McTougal.
"Yesl" says Tom, checrfuliy.
And then you snid--do you remem.
Der what you said?n
mo, Mac; but wasn't at your side
when we got into the next coach sec
ond later2'
Eve came back with two bralsemen,"
McTougal remarked, continuing. Zone
Of them brakemen looked on top Of the
car, an under II. an in Il. He stuck TO
II that there was vcntriloquist about,
but gave that idea up when he couldn't
find nobody.
1--WE flung those trunks right and
left Inn lively style, observed Pope;
but not . thing did we discover
human living or dead thing--not d
| place from which the noise came.
I'VE were puzzled, you may believe,
and II the search 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 Into each others faces, and
frightened In being blocked "a that sort
Of way the voice spoke again. II said
very distinctly: Let me outl lam dy-
ing dyingi'"
ut was under my arm the voice
was" Sandy exclaimed, sin a big trunk
that had come from camp-meeting. |
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 hold Of the sledge hammer.
'Keepup your courage, ma'am, Ishout-
ed, an well have ron ont IN d jiffy \"
you should SEQ Sandy at that mo.
ment said Pope. enthusiastically. .sIIe
looked like hero. every inch OF him
He gave that hammer four sweeping
swings. Crashi crashi Ripl teari OF
came the top. and it was flung clean
across the car A pile Of light. fieecy
stuff followed
"A dozen faces looked anSiously in
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 aud
the doctor knelt down beside II.
'sHe pulled out lot Of rags very
carefully. run his arms down on 4
prospecting tour, lifted up great wad
Of cotton, took good long look
under it, rose to his feet and began to
curse every body, and call 'em pack
Of fools. Then he changed his tune
and began TO laugh.
II asked him q little angrily what he
was making such q fuss about, and II
he proposed TO take out the body.
Bodyl bodyl ha, ha, ha, hal Sec
here, gentlemen and he tossed out the
cotton from the trunk. showing
funny looking machine at the bottom.
This u 6tringfellow's photograph
that he's had down TO camp meeting,
the doctor said. lie took one and
rugged It up SO as TO go by clockworl.
Tho 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 you anything for
my visit, conductor Good night, and
of he went
Sandy, our friends here want to
know how that dream 81 yours over
that trunk ended
'Ohi they do. do they? Wal, gentle
men. had to pay the cost Of that
trunk, an trunks cost II took
months salary to do it. which isn't
complimentary to the road.
II learned one lesson. II ever
want ter open any mans luggage in
future, Ill smash II professional
style. n Bostan Globe,
Indefinite Directions.
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