Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-02-28

bIr fOu w fAN WIN 9ttAN ~
Smiths warehouse, sending ne the Dill you
| will do this shall be much indebted to you,
Hoping you ind your wife are IN good
health. remain yours truly,
"S. QUINCY LAMB
mr. HENRY WOODS, hnaxat, Mass.
This letter was unfortunately lost in
the mails, for never received 1t, I'm
fortunately, l may well say, for it In
volved me in the worst scrape was
ever In,
About two weeks later, as ! was
seated ut the breakfast table and Wa
half way through the meal, the Waid
brought In telegram Tearing il
open, read;
"One hundred psrambulatars will come by
7;S0 express. Store them ss agreed
rs, QUINCY LAMB
One hundred pcrambulatorsl For
mel Seven-thirty.exprcssl Store them
as agreed To say that was amazed
would be putting it mildly. Luckily
my wife came TO my rescue.
1.-THE 7.ao Is due here now she said
looking ut the clock.
with q hundred baby carriages adj
dressed to me, chimod In.
"You must go right off TO the sta.
tion," she said, "hirc couple Of mer
and cart them here"
Heavens l cried, "thc neighbcrt
will think I'm out Of my mind"
Its the only thing to be done,
Helen said
well, I'll CO." ! answered desperate
ly, and leaving my hali-Gnished break
fast, l took my hat and darted off
It was warm spring day. On the
way to the station | thought out 4
plan of action. 1.-THE train must have
gone," lrcasoned, leaving the wretch
ed things on the platform. And ther
imagined how ii would look half
covered with baby carriages, all I'd
dressed to me, md wondered II any q
my friends had seen them what o.
earth does Lamb wunt with hundlel
pcrambulators herc9' asked my
self But | could And no an.vc.' {
the question. AS agreed upon
had not heard from him fer twi
months, and surely then he had Mo-
mentioned sending me such cargo
There was some mistake somewhere.
plainly saw, but soon gpve up wonder
Ing where,
| reached the station at last- m.isar
to my dismay the further snd Of ,h'
| platform covered With the lrasde,
objects. had 10 sooner strppal On Z
the platform than the stalion-anatd
hurried up and informed ne that th2~
were a hundred perambuieters ier lS2
Isaid yes, that expected them, and !
seemed to inc that he locked at uli
with a new interest rs he usliel Ii,
what was to DO done with them Yol
must know that was only marlic'
last fall, and the knowledge Of til
fact doubtless added to ai5 astonish
ment, lie was probably wondering t.
himself what on the face 81 tne eaf.h
newly married lnaa waYtcA With ,
hundred-but ! aw tired q mentioning
thom. The very thought Of that flo.n
Ing makes my blood run cold wllcnove
| see one Of them on tle street.
asked the station-master It thes
WAS any express wagon about, but t
my horror he sid the only cXpFQs5inaI
the town owned was hid UP with
lame leg. In asapair ! locked aboa
mo aud saw couple Of laungers nea
at hand. IIailing thca az 4 heaven
sent deliverancc. went up to then
and asked If they wanted to earn
flyer apiece. They were delighted
and | explained tlmt they must whec
the carriages from the station to IA,
house, half mile OIL ! thought m.
law practice In town would have t
wait day, and we three started of,
leading, each pushing one Of thos
things before him,
As we passed along the princlpa
street we attracted much attention
and my face grew moro and more 70
os passed various acquaintance, O
we went until we reached the house
where we handed them over to Heller
Then back again TO the station. An
so oil that hot morning we trundle
carriages through the town. We &c
to DO a regular sight, and by twely
o'clock all the people in town, at leas
40 II seemed TO me- were In line to SC
us pass. The pcrspiration stroame
from my face, my collar had willie
early in the day, and ! felt tempted t
discard my coat, Various conjecture
were made by acquaintancesas to wha
was up. ! heard several people ask
Mr.. Woods intended to open privat
hospital for babies, and ! inward
proaned at the hardness Of my fat
INV anger also rose against Lamb Q
time passed on, and | vowed II eve
got hold Of him I'd pay him back fc
his scurvy trick
Gradually the carriages accumulate
In our house, and ut the end Of IL
twenty-Gfth trip Hclen told me that a
the bedrooms and halls were full IN
that they would have to line the wal
Of both parlor and dining-room.
"put them anywhere ! said, or
hurried back to the station. A doze
times declared that | would stop Of
let the men finish the Job, but Il
thought Of those things with my nan
! on them covering the platform flllt
me with fresh energy. All that NOR
ing we worked, and as we carried Il
last three up the steps | heard Il
clock strike one. lpaid the men ar
went into the house Baby carriag
were everywhere. The parlor had
row Of them on all four sides, thu