The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-06
SHE WAS PARTICULAR.
And Wanted to Be Sure That Trunk was
Time.

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Time.
On q. train from PHILADELPHIA to New
York che other day a baggage transfer
man stopped at the seat where sat wom-
an of middle age.
Baggage transferred?'' asked the man
in his usual don 't-care-a-darn voice.
The woman had been reading. She let
her magazine drop into her lap, removed
her glasses and looked into the mans face
with blue eyes that were coldly deter
mined
a house, she said.
''An right, madam said the man,
starting to scribble on his pad.
Waltz said the woman, and she eyed
him calmly. Il want that trunk sent to
such and such number in such and such
a street.
IL right, mada''-
Waltz she said firmly. lin that
trunk there are some papers of great value
to me- 1t is necessary that I should have
them at o'clock this afternoon. They
are essential to me in a matter of the
gravest importance. 1t is matter of sew
eral thousand dollars. I shall be COM
PEELED to leave that house before evening.
If do not have that trunk and those pa
pors before O'Clock, 1 shall lose several
thousand dollars Will that trunk be
there at 4 o'olock?''
''All right, mad''-
''Wait!'' she commanded coldly. Il
have done business with your company be-
fore. l have waited one day, two days,
three days I have lost my trunks. If 1
do not get my trunk at O'Clock this aft
ernoon''-
.'AlI right, MAJ
Waltz said the woman in low, in
tense tone. If l do not get my trunk, I
shall lose large sum of money"
''All right, M
Waltz she said sternly 'sWhat Sc
curity will you give me that my trunk
will be there at oclock?''
'tI'Il give you this receipt, madam"
And if, - she said, with great delibera-
ton, the trunk is not there, will sue the
company
''All right
''Wait!'' she said, with an appalling Sc
verify. q shall hold the company liabls
for every cent that 1ose.''
'fAll righ''-
81 shall press my suit to the highest
COURT
'All rig
you give me security, do your"
"All rl''-
''You agree to deliver that trunk?''
"AH r''-
"Then,' she said, with cold CLEAN in
her eye, IN let you deliver my trunk"
and she handed over her check. Replac-
ing her glasses, she looked around, casting
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 mind
Of her own,'' suggested passenger.
''Um!' said the baggageman as he
scribbled
Guess she'd make lot of trouble if
she didn't get her trunk
''Umr' assented the haggageman, scrib-
bling
Reckon woman with a will like that
would a company and win her suit,
don t you?''
''Ump' said the baggageman. More
! scribbling.
DO you think she'll get her trunk by
4 o'clock?''
stopped his scribbling.
"Doyou think she'll get it by o'clock"
"Get what?'
1.-The trunk :"
The baggageman looked at the passen-
| ger. It was a look that meant 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
O'clock he said slowly. "There aren't
any papers in her trunk It isn't a mat
ter of thousands of dollars. 1t isn't a
matter of SO. 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. 1 have
about six cases day like that" he said,
with a slight yawn.
| well, do you think she'll get her trunk
by o'clock"
The baggageman showed little sur
prise at the question. Then he hedged:
Maybe she WILL" he said complacent-
1y, land maybe she won't. New York
| Tribune.