The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-03
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Ind Wanted to Be Sure That Trunk w,
on Time.

Ind Wanted to BE Sure That Trunk Was
on Time.
On a train from Philadelphia to New
York the other day a baggage transfer
man stopped at the seat where sat a 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 n looked into the mans face
with blue eyes that were coldIy deter
mined.
II want my trunk sent to such and such
a house, - she said.
IAN right, madam" said the man,
starting to scribble IN his pad.
"Wait!" said the woman, and she eyed
him calmly. Il want that trunk sent to
such and such a number in such and such
q street."
"An right, mada"-
"Waiti' she said firmly. "In that
trunk there are some papers of great value
to me. 1t is necessary that / should nave
them at 4 O'Clock this afternoon. They
are essential to mo in a 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 run and those pa
pers before 4 O'Clock, 1 shall lose several
thousand dollars. Will that trunk be
there at 4 o'clock"
"All right, mad''-
"Wait!" she commanded coldly. 81
have done business with your company be-
fore. l have waited one day, two DAYS,
three days. l have lost my trunks. If l
do not get my trunk at 4 O'Clock this aft
ernoon''-
"All right, MAJ
"Wait!" said the woman in a low, in
tense tone. IF l do not get my trunk, l
shall lose a large sum of money"
"All right, M
"Wait!" she said sternly. "What Sc
curity will you give mo that my trunk
will be there at 4 oclock2"
"Ill give you this receipt, madam"
And if, " she said, with great delibera-
ton, 1.-THE trunk is not there, 1 will sue the
company"
"All right
"Wait!" she said, with an appalling Sc
verify. Il shall hold the company liable
for every cent that 1 lose."'
"All righ"-
II shall press my suit to the highest
COURT
GAN 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 noighborhood. The b~aggageman 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
scrubbed.
Guess she'd make a lot of trouble If
she didn't get her trunk"
"Um!" assented the baggagelnan, scrib-
bling.
Reckon a woman with a will like that
would sue a company and win her suit,
don't your"
Jump said the ~baggageman. More
scribbling.
do you think she'll get her trunk by
4 o'clock"
"Ehf" 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 baggageman 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 a
matter of Sc. 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 am 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'clock?"
The baggageman 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
Tribune.