The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-08

service on papers of every city of import
ance IN the country, with the exception of
san francisco. Well. shortly after you
quit and went west | had an oppor-
unity to go to Salt Lake City. The Nor
mon Zion did not prove what / expected
aud with 80 cents in my pocket AMI any
amount al nerve In my makeup, | decided
10 make Tor this place. and see if ! could do
some weary work for one Of the papers, and
take IN the sights Of the Western me-
trupOlis.
I experienced 10 trouble in reaching
Ogden. the railroad town thirty-pight miles
south Of Salt Lake City, but with the depot
over SEQ miles from the Oak land pier ] felt
rather lonely. l knocked about he railroad
yards all day trying 10 hatch some scheme
that might land me IN San Francisco. This
was the time, my boy, when some fine gen.
eralship was needed. l heard conductor
shout All aboard for San Francisco and
as the Train pulled out l experienced that
tired feeling. In the course of my DAYS
vacation l found that the overland mail
train left az 80 in the morning. The same
malcars which you see at the Oakland pier
20 directly back and forth over The Central
Pacific The crew Of mail agents in charge
arrive IN Ogden one morning at that time
and lay over twenty-f0ur hours Before
starting on the return trip. The two mall
ears are run on q side-track, down in the
yards In The rear Of the icehoGses, and lie
there until the arrival Of tile Union Pacific
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pushed down 10 the depot to receive the
local and through mail. The mail clerks
have nothing to do during the night until
tile eastern arrives, and usually 90 uptown
TO shake dice for cigars. and indulge in
otHer harmless amusementS. by the way,
with your knowledge of all my faults, YOU
DO not think l would do anything dishonest,
do y0uP'
"Ob, no."
We'll, the more I looked at those cars
,rr7. ,.I ~,
were the very things for me to ride in. AS
the hours passed the impression grew upon
NE, but when the word HOw?' came TO me
was stumped. J had heard a friend of
mine who was clerk in the service men
ton storage cars and concluded that Que
OF those cars was for the storage of through
mail Just bow to store this particular
male matter was the question Of The hour.
lght came and the gas lamps in the
little Mormon town fiickered uncertainty in
tie dismal rain that had set in. l saw the
clerks start uptown intent upon winning
enough cigars TO last them on their trip to
california The time had now come to act,
and went over to the car to store myself
away. L tried every door and my heart
sank when found everything locked tight
! was about to abandon the attempt when
found that glass was broken in the door
when was nearest the icehouse. ] put nv
nand through. and, by Jove! l undid the
mbination and softly slid The door back.
Having 10 wardrobe, once inside did not
have TO look up the baggage-master to pay
any excess baggage.
"a light was dimly burning in the car,
and l looked around for a hiding-place
One-half Of the car was filled with sacks
fun Of through mail, and on a rack hung
several awaiting their contents. And now,
bat DO YOU think happensdT
NO telling"
"A BRIGHT idea struck me-" and the
speaker chnckled at his wit. II concluded
mat would get my frame in one of those
No sacks and stick a labe in the side desig-
mating my delivery at San Francisco With
no thought Of the morrow, opened sack
and, IN mpany with a flask of Mormon