The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-11-05

|pshaw!' said to Sandy. THAT
is boxed up parrot"
can then the parrot told you
you lied" asserts McTougal.
aYes," says Tom cheerfully.
AN then you said-do you re-
member what you said?"
mo, Mac. But wasn't 7 at your
side when we got into the next
| coach second later?"
eve came back with two brake
men," McTougal remarks, continu-
Inc. Zone of them brakemen looked
on top of the car an under it an in
it. He stuck to it that there was
yentriloquist about, but gave that
idee up when he couldn't find no.
body"
eve flung those trunks right and
left in lively STYLE" observed
Pope, "but not thing did we dis
cover-no human living or dead
thing-not q place from which the
noise came. We were puzzled, you
may believe, and if the search had
stopped there the road might have
warehoused that coach, for no rail-
road man would have travelled in q
car that was haunted. But the end
came. While we were looking in
each others face and frightened in
being blocked in that sect of way
the voice spoke again. It said very
distinctly: Let me out! I am dy-
ing-dyingp"
'It was under my arm, the voice
was" Sandy exclaims, Gin q big
trunk that had come from camp
meeting. I sung out for Jake 20
run for doctor, if there was one
on the train, an Tom an me put
that trunk on the floor as gently us
if twas glass. Twas light enough.
We thought the poor thing must be
almost skeleton. I got hold of
the sledge hammer. Keep up your
courage, ma'am,' shouted, 'an we'll
have you out in a jiffyl'"
"You should have seen Sandy at
that moment" says Pope enthusi-
astically. s'He looked a hero, every
inch of him. He gave that hammer
four sweeping swings. Crash!
Crash! Rip! Tear! Of came the
top, and it was flung clean across
the car. A pile of light, feecy stuff
followed A dozen faces looked anx-
iously into that trunk, expecting to
see the body of dying or dead wo-
man. Sandy seemed beside himself
with anxiety.
owe crowded around the trunk,
and the doctor knelt down beside
it. lie pulled out a lot Of rags very
carefully, ran his arm down on a
prospecting tour, lifted up a great
wad of cotton, took a good long
look under it, rose to his feet and
began to curse everybody and call
them all q pack of fools. Then he
changed his tune and began to
laugh. I asked him little angrily
what he was making such fuss
about and if he proposed to take
out the body.
sBodyl Body! Ha, ha, ha, ha!
| See here, gentlemen And he
tossed out the cotton from the
trunk, showing funny looking ma
chine at the bottom. 'This is String
| fellows phonograph that he's had
down to camp meeting,' the doctor
said. He took one of Edison's con-
Germs and rigged it up so as to &c
by clockwork. The shaking Of the
car set it in motion. It's been re-
peating, parrotlike, only what was
told to it by the saints and sinners.
Very simple, you see. won't charge
/ you anything for my visit, conduct
or Good night Aad oH he vent.
"Sandy, onr friends here want to
know how that dream of yours over
that trunk ended"
"Oh, they do, do they? Waal,
gentlemen, T had to pay the cost Of
that trunk, an trunks cost in these
times. 1t took a months salary to
do it, which isn't complimentary to
! the road. learned one lesson. IF
ever want to open any mans lug
! gage in future, I'll smash it in pro-
fessional STYLE"
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