The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-24

The appreciative drummer was the cen ter of an interested group and puffed re- fectively on his cigar.
 q heard a laugh once. It was not weird laugh, but was strangely thrill ing. and I'll never forget it. It was at cheap minstrel show one night in Dallas IA friend and I were knocking around town and in a spirit of adventure threaded our way through the motley crowd about the door into the tent where the show was to be given. The run "axeo furious At the delivery or par ar.leuia. ~ good joke a wonderful peal or Laughter ranq ont near us. It was a rich, musl- ca1 alto. the deepest I ever heard, ana if soared above the cackles of the auol- .ence as the violin of the master rises ahove the instruments Of an inferior or chestra. U, 70
 "Turning I saw that 1t was girl or the town She was handsome Woinar' and was seated with rather tougn looh- ing fellow. They had evidently Just come in Peal after peal of perfect laughter f,,ll and deep. came from her lips and soon avery one in the audience was looking a+ her with amusement. She seemed to he enjoying herself hugely but with all it's rich, silvety tones, and all It's musical mower. the laugh didn't ing true There was A false note somewhere and the nearer felt that it came from the IDS and not from the heart.
 ''That laugh on the stage would win us owner fame and fortune At thrilling climax in some or the great uranus IL would be superb"
 The Voice Under the Car.
 member of the broup remarked, T had an experience one night with voice that I don't care to hear again. It was on one of the transcontinental myers one bitterly cold night last winter. occupied Q a'Iower berth in the forward end of a PuIIman. lust over the trucks was on my way to attend the funeral of man who had been my friend for years ana was feeling particularly gloomy ana rest, , less. Consequently was looking torWaru to bad night.
 After retiring I dozed fitfully for an hour or two. and suddenly woke up apou. midnight It seemed to me that hau heard some unusual sound, and as lay listening to the click of the wheels and the roar of the train, was startled to hear a muffled groan which seemed to come from beneath me. You can well suppose that 1t made me feel creepy. AS was in the lower berth, I could not i'm agine where the sound originated. After awhile I came to the conclusion that lne noise was made by some one in the car or was perhaps purely imaginary and | due to my nervous condition.
 sI was just dozing off again when was aroused by a faint shout. This time was sure that it came from beneath the car nushed apart the curtains and peepeo o,t All was still. The conductor was nassing through at>the time and I called him We listened long but heard noth- l inc unusual. He finally laughed me out of my fears and persuaded me to go back Id sleep. saying he had been through the . train several times in the hour and hao heard nothing.
 .sNeu the rest of that night was q niphtmare to me. Every time l dozed of I seemed to hear cry. which walked me up again. The noise must have ceased for I finally dropped off and walked nc more until morning.
 .sWe reached Omaha at o'clock ana as got on noticed a crowd gathered about the end of the car. Some r9ilroad enl- pIoyes were removing the dead body oi d tramp from the trucks. One Of the
 mans legs was frightfully crushed Iht poor fellow had been riding the trucks and in some way had been caught under tn car. On. the leng. night run oyei .'.e