The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-16

know you will take my ticket and get
1t checked for me. Brother Will said
he would surely be here, but something
has happened to detain him"
ut will be something to remember all
my life"
child of ten, bachelor Of forty
or an old woman of ninety can check
a trunk when once the feat of getting
it to the depot has been accomplished.
All you have to do is to point 1t out
with one hand while you show your
ticket with the other and tell the bag
gage master that he must make no mis-
take and check 1t for Oshkosh instead
of Kalamazoo.
Harry Lee had that trunk identified
and checked in seven minutes, and he
was feeling rather proud over the fact
when plain looking woman of forty
appealed to him. She was looking for
a trunk with a broken handle, but thus
far it had eluded her. 1t tried to dodge
Harry Lee, but In vain He had his
eyes on 1t in no time.
Just at this juncture girl of eight
fearful and anxious, wanted help Her
trunk was all right as to handles, but
she was afraid it had been checked to
Rochester instead of Syracuse. She
gave the bachelor her check to see
about it, and thus it came about that
he had three checks for three trunks in
his possession. Moreover, he put them
int fhn =,
he'd have walked back to Miss Rem
ington with them had not the plain
looking woman and the girl In mourn
ing hesitatingly reminded him Of his
carelessness.
"Ten thousand pardons, ladies'" ne
apologized in confusion, and with that
he CALAMITY pulled out the three checks
and made fair divide There was
just one apiece and nothing left over
1t was train time now and everybody
in a hurry, and Miss Remington's
brother came rushing in, and so with
it all no one made any discoveries, and
the three women were hurried away
with scores of other passengers
For the first time in year, so far as
he could remember, the club bachelor
had made himself useful for a few
minutes, and there was something like
elation in his eye as he left the depot
to continue his saunter. Twenty-four
hours later he received a call from
young Winchester, who had an open
telegram in his hand and who bluntIy
inquired:
"See here, Lee. what have you done
with my sisters trunk?'
"Why, 1 checked it for Buffalo yes
terday"
"She has telegraphed that she has an
other In the place Of it,"
But, man. l surely checked 1t, and
you saw me hand her the brass. Those
COMPOUNDED railroad folks must have
made another of their stupid mistakes"
We'll, we'll let 1t rest for day, and
perhaps they'll rectify it,
During the next twenty-four hours
Miss Remington sent two more tele-
grams from Buffalo, and the ease low
ing and complacent bachelor got a
move on him and went to the depot to
interview the president, vice president
and general manager of the road. Pc
ing told that they had gone off on a
Sunday school picnic, he decided to in
terview the baggage master instead.
There was dignity in his bearing as
he set out to crush the worm under
his feet The worm wasn't very busy
just then and heard him through and
then retaliated with:
1--WE have two kilograms from two
other women about trunks having gone
wrong, and it's all owing to your hav-
ing butted in here the other day. 1 re-
member you very well. You had three
trunks checked at the same time"
Eyes, sir, l did, and If the baggage
department can't take care of the
trunks all at once it had better go
hang"
did you hand the three checks to
three different womenT
''Of course | did"
"Are you sure you kept them sepa-
rate?"
"Of course-that is-that is, you
know
Eyes, ! know" smiled the baggage
master. You handed out any old
check, and as consequence there is
mix. It's up to you to do some tele-
graphing and stralghten things out"
Mr.. Lee spent the whole day tele
graphing and receiving collect" mes
sages from Buffalo, Rochester and Syr-
acuse. but he made little Roadway.
His messages were inquirIng and pa
cifc; his collects" were vigorous and
rather threatening. At the end Of the
day he decided on making personal |
trip to straighten out the tangle. He
could remember the trunks and their
respective owners.
His first stop was at Syracuse. He |
was sure that the girl In mourning I
with humble looking trunk had had 1t |
checked there. Two kilograms had |
passed and he had her address. In the |