The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-02

other cnsk with. q bullfroz voice. Or
dered me 70 Wake upi the devil wnnt'
your
"lpu needn't iaugll, gentlemen. wheE
lteh ron ! RUM an sod yon II you'd
been thar was certain the devil had
come Tor He-late but snre--enl
dldn't wait for him % ask for my
Ticket
Iosn rope ~ ms point broke into 2
ftentorian laugh
~ gcntismcin. yoT'd Isecn sandy
come firing into the car where wa
s..tipH. yoa would never STOP langhing.
You may not believe i. but his brown
lace was ~ white - your shirt fronts.
ana ms eyes were ~ big as billiard
balls ne dashed down the aisle and
Whispered u my ear
lgfni loms come with mef
what's the matter. Macf said.
az 49,
Dln. .ne aesns q ny car mes
zen a-euslinR Up iof naii an hour. an.
!. III. sIa< you1 my ir'eno
~, ~
" wasn alnnk, because he o'oesn =
barahk y wash : reiigious enthusiasm,
tecanse SANDY mas no rcligion
= almost believe ne meant what he
said, and that he had been called for.
got up ~ hurry AMI followed him
! hadn't more than got insids the
baggage car when, from among the
trunks, something sung ont: Shut that
door and pull down your yestr
Sandy wanted 70 fight then. con-
tinned Tom ''IIe danced around that
car lilse . prize-hghter n the ring
PshawY said. that's boxed-up
parrot
An then the parrot told you you
lied, asserted McTougal.
Yes' says Tom, checrfuily.
hna men yon saia--io yoa remem-
Der What you saiuf
20, siaci ont wasn't ! a. your sids
Wnen We Eot INTO the next coach sec
olu iaterf
We came back with two brahemen, :"
McIongal remarked, continuing zone
o. them orakemen looked on top Of the
car an nnaer y, an ~ y lie stuck 70
y that there was ventriioquist about,
~. gave .hat ilea up when ne couldn't
una nobody
We nung thoss trnnks riRht and
- syts' opse.Vea fope'
ous nos .iinH avg We aiscoYcr--n mo
human Hsihg Or neah thlng--not
Pias ss, rom WHEN we NOISE came.
Mere puI1iea, yon may oelicye,
1nu = enc seareii ma stopped there me
ROAD might nave warehoused that
coach iol NO raiiroal man would have
erayeiea " car ina. was haunted.
but the end came While we were
looking into each others faces, and
frightened IN being blocked in that sort
81 way the voice spoke again. II said
very alstinctly: Lei me QUIT am dy-
ing yingi
~ was under my arm the voice
was, sandy exclaimed, in q 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 40
gently as y twas glass
Twas light enough. We thought
the poor thing must be almosta skel-
eIon. got hoidsof the siedgc hammer
3neep UP your courage, ma am, Ishout-
". W. "e = nave you out ~ Jliry.
You should see Sandy at that mo-
ment, said rope, enthusiastically He
looked like hero. every inch Of him.
lie gave that hammer four sweeping
swings Crashl crash Rip teari on
came the top, and u was flung clean
across the car. pile OF light. fleccy
stun ioiiowch
dozen faces looked anSiously in.
70 that trunk, expecting to ace the
body q q dying Or dead woman, Sandy
seemed beside himself with anxiety.
I'VE crowded around the trunk and
the doctor knelt down beside 1t.
He pulled out q lot .of rags very
carefully, run his arms down on
prospecting tour lifted up q great wad
OF cotton, took good long look
under II. rose to his feet and began to
curse everybody, and call en- pack
Of fools, Then he changed his tune
and began 70 laugh
. asked him q little angrily what he
was making such a fuss about, and II
he proposed to take out the body.