The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-19

| In signalling the train TO Dalabeke.
"On arriving Mt Kalakoka we found
the station deserted. We then went TO
| Tompkins' house and found him in
bed. On rousing him, he stated that
| fast freight Number FortySiX most
| certainly passed through lialnkoka on
time, and distinctly insinuated that, if
Dinkins didn't see It pass through
| Dalabeke. Dimkius must have been the
worse for perhaps liquor.
"Mr. Dimkins hotly resented this
imputation, and the two men were
| fighting before we had an opportunity
to Interfere. The KalakOka police
man unfortunately happened 10 I've near,
and rushing up, began clubbing us all,
| under the impression, | suppose, that
we were an organization OF bandits
about TO make a raid on the village.
After an extended period OF general
misunderstanding, alteration and per-
| sonal injury. the tumult was stllled.
and we all returned to the depot Here
Dimkins wired st. Louis. only to be in
| formed that fast freight Number
| FortySiN had left that city on time
and thai nothing unusual had tran
spired.
"As nothing could he made Of It we
started back along the tracks TO Dala-
| beke, where we arrived without incl
dent Of any kind. Part of the railroad
ran through wood which was fenced
of by posts and barbed wire The rest
of the way the railroad ran through
open prairie.
"It was ridiculous to suppose that
fnst freight train could have utterly
disappeared between K8lakoka and
Dalabeke and the only probable by
pothesis seemed TO be that Tompklns
was mistaken In some way in suppos-
ing that the train had passed Kala-
koka."
Thus ends the doctors narrative.
The next morning It became evident
that fast freight Number FortySix
had in some way disappeared. Chica-
go, however, took II as n joke. The
newspaper reporters went down to
see Tompklns, who had seen the miss
ing train pass Kalakokn. They
| plagued and eNasperated him to such
an extent that he resigned his position
In disgust. A Chicago paper printed
a funny article In regard tn Tompkins.
entitled, "The Freight That Didn't Ma
terialize." The Federal Express COM
pany's representative called on the
president OF the B. II. a. C. s. II. r.
and was informed that freight Num-
ber Forty-Six had not yet left st.
Louis. The Federal Express con-.
| pany's representative expressed his
satisfaction and inquired when fast
freight Number Forty-Six had not yet
| left st. Louis. The Federal Express
| company's representative expressed
his satisfaction and inquired when
fast freight Number FortySiX would
leave St Louis. because she had
| $4,000 in currency aboard and the
Federal Express company was anx-
| ious.
The president of the b. II. & C. s.
| II. X. answered that the $50,000 was
all right, and that the disquietng
rumors were nonsense. Then he
wired st. Louis that fast freight Mum
ber Forty-SiX must be found at once
St Louis replied that they would i'm
| mediately put on tracer and there
after maintained silence.
At Crescentville. Illionis, there were
sensational doings. The bank had Just
| managed to hold its own for the day
| by the method of taking an unprc-
| cedentedly long time over doing every
thing. When the hour for closing
came there were certainly over 200 eX-
cited clients OF the bank waiting their
turn to withdraw their money. and
these people camped in the street for
the night. making all kinds of treats,
and vOwing all kinds of vengeance
against everybody connected with the
bank II they should not be paid
promptly the next morning The Off
| GERS and employees OF the bank stayed
inside and did not venture out.
| About o'clock In the morning an
extraordinary thing occurred. A posse
Of men rode into Crescentville, well
armed and wearing masks. They
rode straight to the bank. were ad-
mltted after a short parley. and did
not come out again.
But at nine in the morning the bank
opened its DOORS and the run began
anew with great desperation. De-
pos!tor after deposltor was paid of un-
til scarcely any We're left, and the peo-
pie stood around and talked about IL.
There seemed to be no end to the
banks resources, and at last large
and Influential customer exclaimed
''rhe bank is all right and we are
pack of fools. l am going to de-
poslt my cash again.
There was Il murmur of approval.
and then everybody began TO laugh.
Right after the influential man fol-
lowed a long line OF people desiring
to re-deposit the money they had only
Just withdrawn. Such n day Of busi-
ness the Crescentville bank never had
before, and II In not at all likely ever
to have again. An enthusiastic meet
u a 4.