The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-03-16
SHE MAS PARTICULAR.
Ard Wanted to Be Sure That Trunk Wa
on Time.

on Time.
On a train from Philadelphia to New
York the other day a baggage transfer
man stopped at the seat where sat a WON
an of middle age.
baggage transferred?'' asked the nan
in his usual don't-care-a-darn voice.
The woman had been reading. She let
her magazine drop into her lap, removes
her glasses and looked into the mans face
with blue eyes that were coldly deter
mined.
Il want my trunk sent to such and such
a house" she said.
All right, madam" said the man.
starting to scribblo on his pad.
Waltz said the woman, and she eyed
him calmly. II want that trunk sent to
such and such a number in such and such
q street."
"A right, mada''-
"Wait!" she said firmly. I'm that
trunk there are ONE papers of great value
to me. 1t is necessary that / should have
them at 4 o'clock this afternoon. They
are essential to me in n matter of the
gravest Importance. 1t is a matter of sew
eral thousand dollars. 1 shall be COM
PEELED to leave that house before evening.
If do not have that trunk and those pa
pers before A o'clock, l shall lose several
thousand dollars. Will that trunk be
there at 4 o'clock?''
"All right, mad''-
"Wait!" she commanded coldly. II
have done business with your company be-
fore. l have waited one day, two days,
three days. l nave lost my trunks. If Il
do not get my trunk at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon"-
"All right, MAJ
Waltz said the woman in a low, in
tense tone. If do not get my trunk, 1
shall lose a large sum of money!"
a right, M
Waltz she said sternly. what Sc
curity will you give me that my trunk
will be there at 4 oclock?"
IN give you this receipt, madam"
"And if, " she said, with great delibera-
ton, 1.-THE trunk Is not there, l will sue the
company"
"All right
Waltz she said, with an appalling Sc
verify. II shall hold the company liable
for every cent that I lose"
II shall press my suit to the highest
court"
"All rig
You give me security, do your"
"All rip
you agree to deliver that trunk"
"All r.
Then" she said, with a cold CLEAN in
her eye, IN let you deliver my trunk"
and she handed over her check. Replace
ing her glasses, she looked around, casting
a glance of triumph at the passengers in
her neighborhood. The baggageman went
on two or three seats farther, scribbling
at each one II apparently heavily bur
dened with a sense of his mighty respon-
sibility in this case of life and death.
Lady back there seems to have a mind
of her own" suggested a passenger.
"Um!' said the ~baggageman as hi
scrubbed.
Guess she'd make a lot of trouble if
she didn't get her trunk"
"Um!' assented the baggageman, scrib-
bling.
Reckon a woman with a will like that
would sue a company and win her suit,
don't your"
"Um!' said the baggagenan. More
scribbling.
DO you think she'll get her trunk by
4 o'clock?"
"Eh?" asked the ~baggageman. He had
stopped his scribbling.
do you think she'll get it by 4 o'clock"
Get WHAT"
1.-THE trunk"
The baggascman looked at the passen-
ger. 1t was a look that meant a great
deal. In it there was something of con-
tempt, something of pity and something
moro of the WEAKNESS of a man who is
terribly bored.
She doesn't want her trunk by 4
O'clock" he said slowly. "There aren't
any papers in her trunk. 1t isn't a mat
ter of thousands of dollars. 1t isn't q
matter of 81. She isn't going away this
evening. She lives right in New York,
and she's going to stay there. She isn't
going away again for weeks. She just
wants her trunk same as other people do
soon as they can get 'em-and she
thinks that's the way to get it. l have
about six cases a day like that he said,
with a slight yawn.
well, do you think she'll get her trunk
by 4 o'clockS'
The haggageman showed a little sur
prise at the question. Then he hedged:
Maybe she WILL, " he said complacent-
ly, land maybe she won't. New York