The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-08
SIZE WAS PARTICULAR.
And Wanted to BE Sure That Trunk w
on Time.


Time.
On train from Philadelphia to New
York tho ether day a baggage transfer
man stopped at the scat where sat wom-
IN of middle ago.
Baggage TRANSFERRED asked the man
in his usual don t.care- a-darn voice.
The woman had been reading. She let
her mngasin9 drop into her lap, removed
her glasses and looked into the mans face
with blue eyes that were coldly deter
mined.
II want my trunk sent to such and such
house, she said.
AN right, madam" saif the man,
starting to soribble on his pad.
Waltz said tho woman, and she eyed
him calmly. II want that trunk sent to
such and such number in such and such
a street.
,"All right, madah-
Waltz sho said firmly. I'm that
trunk there arc some papers of great value
to me. Ii is necessary that should have
them at o'clock this afternoon. They
are essential to me in matter of the
gravest Importance 1t is matter of SOW
eral thousand dollars. l shall be COM
PEELED to leave that house before evening
If do not have that trunk and those pa-
pers before 1 O'Clock, l shall lose several
thousand dollars VIII that trunk be
there at 4 o'clock"
"All right, mad
Waltz sho commanded ooldly. IT
have done business with your company bo-
fore. ] have waited one day, two days,
three days. 1 have lost my trunks. III
do not get my trunk at O'Clock this aft
ernoon''-
IAN right, ma
"Wait!' said the woman in low, in.
tense tone. III do not get my trunk, l
shall lose a largo sum Of money"
IAN right, M
"Waitl" she said sternly. what Sc
curity will you give mo that my trunk
will be there at oclock'''
"Ill give you this receipt, madam"
''And IL" she said, with great delibcra-
tion, THE trunk isnot there, will sue tho
company.
"All right
"Waitr' she said, with on appalling SO
verify. II shall hold the company liable
for every cont that lose"
IAN righ"-
81 shall press my suit to the highest
court"
IAN rig
You give me security, do yOu?"
can rip
"You agree TO deliver that trunk"
"All r.
"Then," she snid, with cold CLEAN in
her eye, IN let you deliver my trunk, ;"
and she handed. over beg check. Replace
ing her giusseS, she looked around, casting
glance of triumph at the passengers in
her neighborhood The baggegeman went
on two or three seats farther, scribbllng
at each ono and 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 mind
of her own" suggested passenger.
''Uml' said the baggageman as he
scribblcd
"Guess she'd make lot of trouble If
she didn't get her trunk"
"Uml" assented the baggageman, scrib-
bling
| Reckon u woman with will like that
would sue company and win her suit,
don't your"
'Uml" said the baggagoman. More
scribbling.
do you think she'll get her trunk by
| 4o'clockT'
"Ehf" asked tho bnggageman. He had
stopped his scribbling.
"Doyou think she'll get it by o'clock
"Get what"
1.-THE trunk.
Tho baggageman looked at the passen
ger 1t was a look that meant grcat
deal. In it there was something of con
tempt, something of pity and something
more Of the WEAKNESS Of man who il
terribly bored
'.She doesn't want her trunk by
O'clock" he said slowly. There aren'
any papers In her trunk. 1t isn't a mat
ter OF thousands ef dollars. 1t isn't
matter Of 81. She isn't going away thi
evening. She lives right In New York
and she's going to stay there. She ism
going away again for weeks She jus
wants her trunk Same as other people d
soon as they can get 'em-and sh
thinks that's the way to get It, / hay
about six cases n day like that" he said
with n slight yawn.
Well, do you think shell get her trun
by 4 o'clock"
The haRgagemnn showed little sui
prise at the question. Then he hedged;
Maybe she will, . he said complacent
ly, land maybe she won't. Now Yor
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