Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-23
WOODBURY., N. J, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1899

yarns again After awhile the smoke in
the car began to make me sick l was
only kid then. you know. and WASH t
used to it Well. got up to go in one
of the forward cars The smoking car
was the last on the train 1t was snow
ing. raining and hailing by turns. and
the wind was blowing gale AS /
crossed the platforms from one car to
another my foot slipped on the icy
boards, and great gust of wind carried
away my hat and nearly made me lose
my balance threw up my arms to save
myself and the Virgil slipped from my
hand and disappeared beside the track
| was afraid of what my uncle would
say when / told him of my carelessness.
So went forward into the farthest car
from the smoker and sat down IN cor
ner. :"
The boy stopped as if that were the
end of his story and idly rolled the cigar
in his fingers
''Well. said |. .go on Was your
uncle so angry that he disinherited
your
ANOs tCpiiCu tAC DNJ c1OWty- J
hadn't been in the forward car 30 min.
utes when there was terrific crash
that smashed the windows and threw
me against the seat in front
AN express train had come up be-
hind us and smashed into us. telescop-
ing the two rear cars Uncle Sandman
and the two drHmmers were among the
killed The brakeman who had signed
the will escaped with only slight in
juries.
.'Wen said that is quite
yarn
"The day after the funeral the
trainboy went on. II went back TO the
nearest town to the place where the
book had been lost and walked up and
down the track for miles looking for
it. =
lyon never found it7' | asked
''No, but three months later was
there again. and could not help look
ing along the side of the track as
walked, although of course didn't
really expect to find 1t | met small
boy who asked me what | was looking
for | asked him if he had ever heard
of any one who had found book near
there He said Yes. he knew hoy
who had found one there early in the
spring, gave him quarter and made
him take me at once TO the boy house
The boy was at school but | saw his
mother She said yes, Tommy had
found book beside the track queer
book that none of them could read |
asked her if she would let me see it
She said she had sold it to peddler for
paper rags a day or two after it was
found She had never seen the peddler
since. and was never able to trace
him The book may have been used up
in some paper MILL or it may possibly
have found its way to some secondhand
bookstore | never pass a secondhand
bookstore without going in to ask if
they have an old copy of Virgil
ssUnele Sandman had left no other
will He had never legally adopted me
so had no legal claim on his money
It was divided up among some cousins
whom he had not seen for years
1.-THE brakeman who had witnessed
the win got me the place p sell papers
on the cars
Just then the train stopped at a sta
ton. and number of passengers got
on.
81 must go through the cars again.
said the boy He picked up his pile Of
magazines and went off New month
" ynavazinesi This weeks comic ma
persl'
looked at the commercial traveller
across the aisle. "Do you suppose it's
truef'' asked
Give it up. be replied IF it'sic-
ton. that boy viii be writing for the
magazines some day instead of selling
them Then be opened his book and
buried himself in its pages. II Ken
niston in Owl