Chicago eagle., 1894-03-17
BUILT THAT WAY.
tIow Easily n Woman Identifies Personal
Property.

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Property.
1t was at the baggage.r0om III the
Fort street depot. The woman had
lost the check for her trunk, and as
Is usual In such cases where no siis-
pictOn Is entertained she was eAkod
to identify her baggage, says the De-
troit Free Press
'Oh, 1 can pick that trunk out of
a thousand. It was a uncovered
trunk with strap around 1t. and IL
had q big W for White on each end.
It was trunk my sister bought IN
Cincinnati and paid o. for and after
she got crippled up with rheumatism
and couldn't get out any more she
sold 1t to me for s2. There II Is
now! I'd swear to that trunk IN
Africa !"
"But about the contents, ma'am
You have tho key?"
''Of course l have. had this key
made in Buffalo last week. I lost
the other key about q year ago and
always believed that Mrs Robinson's
baby swallowed 1t while was visit.
ing there. The poor thing had cramps
for three months after l left, and
she wrote me the other day that she
never expc,te it would be healthy
child again."
"Dcscrlbc the contents" said the
officer, as he pulled the trunk
down.
"Well, let's see? Well begin with
the till first There's my bonnet in
the bonnet-box. / paid 81 for IL In
Buffalo last year. and had over 81
worth Of trimmings put on last week.
I don't know as shall want to wear
IL once while am here, but l thought
I better bring it along. was never
quite satisfied with that bonnet, but
/ suppose"
"Wnat else9" interrupted the
man.
''Thcre's a black fan that cost me
80 cents got 1t a sale and every.
body says II was bargain. My sis
ter Emily was with me tho day
bought IL and she could swear to 1t II
necessary. She advised inc to &c: q
white fan but / prefer"
II don't care about the particulars
ma'am."
"Oh! you don't? Well. there's q
black shawl in there which used to
belong to my Aunt Eunice. She had
IL for ten years before she died and
then It fell to my mother Let's see?
That shawl must have been In our
family for-for---"
'Go on, ma'am."
'sThcn there's my black silk dress
/ paid $3.50 a yard for 1t In Buffalo,
but I got cheated. / hadn'G worn II
but twice when the silk cracked and
creased all up. I went back and
told the clerk II 1t, but he wouldn't
do anything about It, Next time ]
buy a silk dress ! propose"
"Never mind about the dress"
''The waist was beaded"
II don't care about that"
swell, let's see? Oh, yes! on the
bottom OF the trunk are four sheets
I was bringing to my sister. made
and blcachcd 'em myself. She's got
four boys and the way they do kich
the sheets out Is something awful
don't suppose I could have brought
anything she would"
''What clse?"
'4uCU0S V0tV VI kI0y UuuVS VI
top tho sheets-an old pair belonging
to my husband. They are worn q
little thin on the knees, but thcy
will do td cut over for one o: the
boys ! have brought up three boys
myself and ! know how awful they
are on pants. Sometimes 1t wouldn't
be four weeks before"
"You can have the trunk, +" bluntly
replied the baggageman.
''But there's lot more things u
mention yet There's three pairs o.
new"
''Takc II away"
"And I forgot to tell you tina,
there arc"
If you want your trunk her'
II Is"
"Wcil. I'll have q man take Il
away lost my check and ! wantet
to satisfy YOU that II was my trunk
II you'd give me time I'd tell yo,
about the blacK coat with fur col
lar. and the two pairs Of suspender
for the boys and"
The baggagemaster walked of, ant
after waiting around two or thre
minutes, with disappointed and de
jected look, she sorr0wfully told th'
expressman to carry the trunk to hi
WaQOn