The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-09-14
SHE HaS
And Wanted to BE Sure That Trunk :,
on Time.

And Wanted to BE Sure That Trunk wa,
on Time.
On a train from Philadelphia to New
York the other day u baggage transfer
man stopped at the scat where sat "A won
an of middle age.
baggage transfcrrcd?' asked the ,nar
in his usual don't-carc-a-darn voice.
The oma had been reading. She 10,
her magazine drop into her lap, removed
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.
"An right, madam" said the man.
starting to scribhle 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."
"All right, NADIA
Waltz she said firmly. I'm that
trunk there are some 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 a matter of the
gravest Importance. 1t is q matter of sew
eral thousand dollars. l shall be com
PEELED to leave that house before evening
If l do not have that trunk and those pa
pers before 4 o'clock, l shall lose several
thousand dollars. Will that trunk he
there at 4 o'clock?'
"All right, mad"-
"Wait!" she commanded coldly. II
have done business with YOU COMPANY be.
fore. l have waited one day, two DAYS.
three days. l have lost my trunks. If |
do not get my trunk at o'clock this aft
ernoon''-
"All right, MAJ
waltz said the woman in a low, in
tense tone. If / do not get my trunk, l
shall lose a large sum of money"
"All right, nj
"Wait!' she said ~sternly. what Sc.
curity will you give me that my trunk
will be there at 4 oclock?"
L 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 So
verify. II shall hold the company liable
for every cent that l lose
"All righ"-
II shall press my suit to the highest
court"
"AIl rig
You give me security, do you9"
"All RI
You agree to deliver that trunk"
IAN r.
Then" she said, with a cold CLEAN in
her eye, II let you deliver my trunk"
and she handed over her check. Rcplac-
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 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 a mind
of her own" suggested a passenger.
"Um!" said the baggageman as he
soribbled.
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 q viii like that
would sue a company and win her suit,
don't your
uni" said the ~baggageman. More
s%cribbling.
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?r
Get WHAT"
"The trunk"
The b~aggageman 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
more 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 u
matter of 80, She isn't going away this
evening. She lives right in New York,
IN 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 got 'em-and she
thinks that's the way to get it. / 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'clock"
The b~aggageman showed a little sur
prise at the question. Then he hedged:
Maybe she will, )" he said complaccnt-
ly, land maybe she won't. New York
Tribune.