Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-22

=. r.azed three minutes of five by
slock in the tower when the
-..b-and Chicago express rumbled
-=s station at Buffalo. The train
vet come to a standstill when
s..zs man jumped fiom the plat
..~ # the rear sleeping car and ran
me tracks into the depot res
.--s- A few minutes later he re-
.,-ss.-d carrying a cup of coffee n
td and a small paper bag in
b s.z=r.
ME. rhese he hurriedly made his
~.v ID the car through struggling
-. Of drowsy tourists, who
liking advantage Of the trains
.,s r,gales' stop to breathe the crisp
t.eg air. The last of these had
,ss. resumed his seat when the
A. thout a hat again appeared at
u1eh counter, returned the bor-
e5 8shes. and ordered coffee for
He had just picked up the
mn ana vas raising it to his lips when
=5auetor's "All aboard" rang
rae# the station.
leaving the coffee untouched, he
-,zr five dollar bill at the attend
sbbed his change and started
ozl5#t of the moving train. He
ssHest reached it when an I'M
~ stumble sent the coins in his
rolling in all directions along the
Quickly recovering himself and
no heed to his loss, he re-
ID his efforts, and though losing
a# at every step, kept up the
-.sss chase to the end of the sta
There he stopped, painting for
-.5fs The slip had proved fatal. He
al missed the train,
he stood staring wildly through
e 5uds of dust that rose from the
"a Young woman, evidently deep
astated. suddenly appeared in the
rpar of the vanishing car. Upon
m she made frantic attempts
.H3 from the platform, when she
1ed by man and pulled back
.he ear. When the door had
s69 upon the two the bareheaded
Ian n the station faced about and
asophically muttered:
Then. after pausing a few moments,
% collect his thoughts, he slowly
azsd his steps to the scene of his
an and began calmly searching
his iost change. Cireling closely
out his eyes scanning the floor, he
dad in recovering first one and
n mother of the missing coins, un-
finally, after repeated rounds, he
bed only one dollar of the whole
MONT. At this point he paused,
a-I the recovered coins in his hand,
at his watch, and then started
d Hual round. AS this failed to re-
tlo missing piece, he gave up the
Ii transferred the contents of his
10 his trousers pocket, and start
III the direction of the telegraph Of
Il lad proceeded perhaps twenty
es when it occurred to him to turn
TT and cast one more look along the
As he did so his eye fell upon a
ag object lodged in an opening be
he rail and planked floor, few
lam where he stood. He stopped
examine it, and seeing that it was
missing coin, reached for 1t, but
The opening too narrow to admit
taRers. He tried to recover The
Nth his pocket-knffe, and, failing
Lis attempt, took his lead-peneil
ii which, after repeated attempts, he
aded in tossing it upon the floor.
Win an air of subdued satisfaction, he
liked away, and was about to convey
cain to his pocket when a sudden
led him to examine it. Hold
UP before his eyes, he stopped
rGtiaized every detail and as he turn
II over and over the puzzled look on
lace changed TO one of rigid aston
20 Mt. For fully a minute he stood
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looking anxiously about as if to SEE
4ug one had observed him he hurried
tae cashiers desk in the restaurant
producing the bright silver dollar
5e.i the girl if she happened to re-
mler from whom she received it.
She didn't remember, but would ex-
aage it for another, she said, if he
shed. Politely declining the Offer
apologizing for having troubled
DE said that, as the coin he held
bis hand was separating a loving
from her husband, he wished
y much to find some trace of its
nae owner. The girl looked up
OUGHT for moment, then, pulling
the cash drawer, and examining
atents, said she might have re.
veg it from the conductor of the
sa shore express which had left fol
leland at ): Is. She now recalled