The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-29
want to have this train stopped at Tuth-
erford just once.
"Whatr' cried

"Whatr' l cried.
"Yes stopped ut rutherford" he
continued. II do not wonder Mt your
surprise, but then you will not be much
astonished " hen you know my reasons
l have told you my late name, and per-
haps IL will interest YOU to hear that for
many years Twas an alderman in Tuth-
erford--a place Of no mean importance.
My business was in New York Every
morning for ten years l left my house
promptly at .2s, reached the station ut
80 and took the S:3l for town. At
Just :13 o'clock in the evening reach
ed the Jersey City station and boarded
the train for home. IL SO happened that
for the last five years of my life l al
ways got on the third car from the EN-
gine and took the third seat from the
rear IL became habit with me- l was
known and respected ON the road, and
there was tacit understanding among
the other commuters that CHAT place
should always be reserved for me. This
h the same car, No. 335, and the very
same seat.
And you are haunting it?' asked,
Cor the light was beginning to break.
Temporarily and accidentally, D." re-
piled the late II. G.. Jones "When 1
can get this train stopped Mt rutherford,
/ will get of and go back to my old
home. Don't you remember seeing in
the papers about ten years ago how II.
G.. Jones, prominent citizen Of Tuth-
erford, succumbed to an attack of heart
failure brought on by overexertion
while trying to catch the :13?'
"Oh, yes, l recall that well. A very
sad case, indeed" OF course didn't,
but that didn't matter.
The late II. G. Jones looked grateful.
"That was when / became ghost"
he said. "a few days later received
my orders to proceed TO rutherford and
haunt my old home. There have always
been strange and confused ideas exist
ing about ghosts These impressions,
that we do everything in higglety
pigglety way are all rroneous-decid-
edly erroneous. l couldn't go sailing
back home in any way but an orderly
one-by train, just as did when was
not late. And, moreover, custom re-
quired that should travel on car No.
| 1886, third seat from the rear, as had
done day in and day out for years. SO l
went to the station with my phantom
umbrella, bundles and beefsteak.
Promptly at B :12 l got off the ferry,
stopped ut the newsstand which is run
for the phs1 commuters and pur-
chased sporting extra of phantom
evening paper, repaired to the train
shed and got on this car, No 1856, and
took this very seat. But the train did
not start as usual. twas midnight be-
fore we left the station, and then, to
my horror, we whirled through luther
ford and never made stop until we
reached the junction 60 miles west. /
will not dwell on my sorrow when l
realized my predicament. Car 1886 had
been shifted to the midnight express,
and until it could be stopped at luther
ford was doomed to haunt this uncom-
Portable seat instead of my own pretty
suburban home.
Years have passed since then, and
every night have got on the same car
and sat in this same seat, oftentimes
crowded between two men, who could
not see me, always doomed to 60 whirl-
ing by the familiar little station with
out a speck Of chance of getting off.
Did you ever travel in the same car seat
with two fat women with babies and
bundles?''
NO." replied. ''But can conceive
more pleasant positions.
"Yet such has many time been my
fate" continued the late r. G. Jones,
in spectral mournfulness. II have trav-
eled with noisy drummers, with chat
tering Italians, opium smelling Chinese,
with every possible kind Of man that it
is unpleasant for sensitive man like ]
was to sit in the same seat with Once,
in desperation, ! made myself visible to
the conductor and pleaded with him to
stop the train at rutherford He refused
absolutely, and not only that, !, de-
manded my ticket got out my COM
mutation card, seven years out Of date,
and handed it to him. He asked me IL /
thought he was fool and used very
violent and personal language When I
told him / could not pay, he declared
that he would put me off the train.
| ACuoC iCaNC AuO Oll ub
said foolishly. / have regretted those
words greatly, for the man saw that
nothing would suit me better than to
get of the train, and he carried me to
the end Of the line. Since then have
in vain watched chance to speak to
some one who has pull on the road.
They have been wearisome years to me,
and when tonight the longed for oppor-
tunity came seized it. ! saw you had
pass. -
my dear Mr.. JONES'" I said, for l
was deeply affected by the story Of my
companion, who. with his eyes filed
with cloudlike tears, was now leaning
eagerly toward me, awaiting my reply,
"you have my sympathy. have heard
much of ghosts. but you are the first /
ever met Your story is sad one, and
will do what can to alleviate your
sufferings. see what you want You
| wish tn have thia oar atonnad Mt III, thar