Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-11-29

MASTER.
It checked for me. Brother Will said
he would surely be here, but something
has happened to detain him"
TT will be something 10 remember all
my lie"
A child of ten. Il bachelor of forty
or an old woman Of ninety can check
a trunk when once the feat of getting
Il to the depot has been accomplished.
All you have 10 do is TO point ii 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 il 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 II had eluded her. 1t tried to dodge
Harry Lee. but In vain. He had his
eyes on IL In no time.
Just at this juncture a girl of eight
cen, dressed in mourning and looking
fearful and anxious, wanted help. Her
trunk was all right as to handles. but
she was afraid 1t had been checked to
Rochester instead of Syracuse. she
gave the bachelor her check to see
about 1t, and thus it came about that
he had three checks for three trunks IN
his possession. Moreover he put them
into the same pocket Moreover, agar1
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'" he
apologiZed in confusion, and with that
he gallantly 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 hurry. and Miss Rcmington's
brother came rushing in. and so with
II all no one made any discoveries, and
the three women We're hurried away
with scores OF other passengers.
For the f1rst time in a 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 sumter Twenty-four
hours later he received Il call from
young Winchester. who had an open
telegram in his hand and who bluntly
inquired:
See here. Lee what have you done
with my sisters trunk"
why. I checked it for Buffalo yes
terday"
She has telegraphed that she has an
other In the place Of it."
But. man. | surely checked it. and
you saw me hand her the brass. Those
confounded railroad folks must have
made another Of their stupid mistakes"
We'll, we'll let it rest for a 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
nONS Oh ulI1 anu went 10 lue utDOL 10
interview the president, vice president
and general manager of the road Be
Ing told that they had gone off on a
IsJy >o Dc' p.cu.c, he decided to in
terT ~ the nalGaGe master instead.
Thee Il, q ;n,ty in his bearing as
Ia Z rut 90 c".lSh the worm under
Ia feet. The worm wasn't very busy
J,st t3eI AMI beard him through and
tI"A rrtHlia.ed with:
We have two telegrams from two
other women about trunks having gone
wrong. and its all owing to your hav
IN. butted in acre the other day. re
a"nlbeI ypn very well You had three
rdnks checked at the same time"
Yes sir. | did. and if the baggage
department can't take care of the
trunks all at once it had better 90
hang"
'Dld You nand the three checks to
three different womenf
'Of course | did"
Are you sure you kept them sepa
rate?"
'Of course-that iS-that is. you
know
Yes. ! 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 straighten things out"
Mr. Lee spent the whole day tele-
graphing and receiving collect mes
sages from Buffalo, Rochester and Syr-
acuss, but he made little headwaY