The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-19

Drown painted WOODEN tihnk. lhe boA
was not big. but g. was heavy. as the rail-
way porters found when they hastened 20
help the cabman TO put it on the lug
gage truck I'm waiting. The cab itself
contained only "a girl, having that unrnis-
taxable boldness OF manner which stamps
the owner as belonging 10 the shady side
OF life. The girl knew nothing whatever
OF the box or its contents beyond the fact
ttfet she had beea=iI- roundabout fashion
engaged to see il safely 10 the Railway
Station. On the lid of the trunk was
tackled card bearing the words:
"P. BRrMMER,
Passenger
and this legend being manifestly incom-
plete, the porters turned u the sirl 10
ask what station the box was TO be Tick
eted for.
Dundee be sure you ticket IL for
Dundee" was her reply, and she was
careful 10 wait by the truck ill the thin
yellow label was securely gnmmed on the
lid OF the box Immediately below the
ticket. She then. disappeared into the
| booking office, after paying ths cabman,
leaving the trunk 10 be slowed up with
piles OF other boxes. and finally hurled
down TO the platform for "fife and the
North" for transferencs 10 the luggage
wagon.
The whole OF this common place scene
had been witnessed from safe distance
by a person dressed ike working man.
and trying with indifferent success 10 as
sumo the air of an honest toler about 20
change the scene of his labors. This
man-who. among many aliases, owned
those of Pete Brimmor and 'Slotty'--the
last being acquired 10y q comic habit he
had Of slotting PEOPLE with a knife when
he was hard pressed-no sooner saw the
girl vanish from the booking -oflice in the
AFs...
Bridge, than he carelessly sauntvred past
the luggage truck into the booking Of
flee, giving a passing glance, as he did so,
to ascertain that the luggage label was
right for Dundee and then took his place
within the ticket rall and duly booked
! himself third-class for Dundee.
4-AhaL L hinIEd- in-tha- minute biters
| beirg Themselves subject 20 be bitten will
now recur 10 the reader. No sooner had
Siotty vaolshed f,cm the booking office
in the direction ~ the platform. than a
/ man who had been bcDuirg over q time
| table at the widow .,nmedi0tely above
! the drawer containing the luggage labels,
] slipped out towards the luggage truck
J bearing something IN his palm which ne
! had drawn across his t.ngue moment
fore. The whole OF the porters were
busy with other matters, ana, while
! bending over the truck as IL to make sure
thai his luggage was all right, the
stranger managed to deity clap another
yellow label on top of that already at
bxed to the brown trunk He thon turned
calmly TO the booking Office, took out a
ticket. and made hia way down 20 the
train with the crowd. being careful TO zip
into the first carriage that came 10 hand
In crossing the ferry 20 Burntisiand
Slotty was careful and concerned enough
go look in the big luggage trucks for his
funk, and saw an end OF the familiar
brown box peeping from under the tar
pa ulin coVs.. " hen he reached the other
side, therefore ard saw these trucks
brought up by horses from the steamboat
he gave his ilgGage no further concern,
but took his ;place in that part os the
train for Dundee, with deep sigh OF sat
isfaction at having got away IRON Edin-
burgh, and OFT OF all danger, so securely
and succe ssfully.
Meantime the box had reached the plat
form of the burntsiand Station. and
stopped there being legibly labelled
"Burntsland." Alnons the last 10 come
up from the toat was the man who had
manipulate led The labels, and he. after a
visit TO The refrcshment bar, which LAST
ed TIL the train nad gone, came out with
great importance. and went poking about
the pile of luggage, saying
jrimmcr r--35iiTRmer-isn't there a box
Of miue IN the truck? Ah, there it is
that brown one, p0rtor--thank youl"
The man thus claiming the box was
shabby and disreputaole looking enough,
but what suspicion could the porters have
Of "a man who was almost the last to
claim his luggage, which In turn bore the
name he had given, ana was labelled FOR
tl4tat-+,e-Fe-- tft,ff - -ittrgagc heug
duly surrendered the next question OF its
new owner was how to get II conveyed
from the station. Some would have sim
ply waited for the next train and gone
on 90 Perth, or some othsr distant town,
but this was too transparent a movement
TO suit Mr. Bob Mailer, otherwise the
'Snefheld Blade. After some inquiries
at the station. from which II appeared
that Mr.. Mailer had como across 10 Burnt
Island for a change OF air. he was direct
cd TO furnished lodging short dis
tance from the station, and after a visit
To the house In question he employed n
man to convey tEither the box, and a car
pet bag which he had carried in his
hand. The Logging WAS exorBitantly high
the best time for visitors was at hand.
the best time Tor visitors was athand.
bat as that was nothing TO a man who
did not mean TO pay for them there was
charming absence OF hagging over
terms The Sheffield Blade was delight
ed with the lodging. and the landlady was
delighted with her lodgsr-mOre especially
when his heavy baggage was brought in
and carefully stowel into the bedroom
As soon as Mr.. Mailer haa paid ana dis
missed the porter. ne found that he had
inadvertently left hcme without his keys.
but was lucky enough 90 aud ore IN tho
landlady's bunch which opened the brown
trunk lie remained shut i'm the room.
with the door snibbcd, for a full halfhour
after being so favored at the end OF
which time he appeared with the carpet
bag-whiC sSloforo had beer light ana fiat
but was now somewhat distendcd-in his
hand. fIc had some business 10 attend to
throughout the town. bli would he back
10 dinner wniCh he ordered with much
ncetv and cFicurean exactness lie then
vanished from the house and the town as
effectuaiiv as n he had quietly loaded HIS
feet with weights and dropped himself
into "a deep hole ln the Earth. The care
fully prepared dinner got leave 10 sim
mer and frizzle Itself into useless frsg-
meuts aud ihe laudlady began To be
thankful that the trunk was left behind
containing, az she ascerfained the mo-
ment her new iodcer left some wearing
apparel and other articles % some value
and not merely n heap of stones. or n cou-
ple of scrcw-nsils fastening IL 10 the
floor
A little later IN the day. slotty arrived
at Dundee. and turned to the luggage van