Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-04


sir" was the prompt reply You're
the man we want" remarked the post
office inspector With the letter on
his person after admitting he was the
one to>whom the letter was addressed,
the United States court thought $l,ooo
bail was about the figure and the ,tria'
will soon come off. The peculiar thing
about the whole business, is that Mr..
Blackmailer was q former business
man in Hampton. But somehow the
scheme didn't work. Hampton bust
ness men are not SO easily worked.
"While I was firing on the G. q N.
w. between Boone and Council BUTTS,
said the short. thick-set young man.
had an experience one night that
frightened me out of a years CROWN.
We had stopped at Logan for water
and 1 stepped back and raised the lid
to drop in the water pipe. and III be
d. If a mans head didn't pop out
of the opening. He crawied out, wet
and shivering and was followed by an
other specimen just as cold and wet.
By that time 1 was back in the cab
telling the engineer the water tank was
Tutl OF NAH -uIOWiiS u dihPSS oAAN 80
they got out there was no room for
water to last us till we got to the
Bluffs. But only two Weary wines
showed up. They started up Town
with their wet clothes squirting water
at every step. as unconcerneo as mo
such trips We're an everyday occur
ence. But it was my first and last ex-
perience with that kind OF blina Dag
gage"
1--WE had all kinds of experience,
said the travelling man, "and last week
was the cap sheaf A banker In Lake
Mills wrote the house that If any OF
their men was IN town to call, ne want
ed to make inquiries about a safety
box. So the house sent me the letter
with instructions to go at once TO Lake
Mills and secure the order. had fig
.ured on spending Sunday at Cedar
Rapids, but business is business
started at once for Lake Mills. EARLY
Monday morning I was in that bank.
showed the banker his letter and In my
mind booked his order for $500 worth
OF safety boxes" why" said ne. \
don't want any boxes. One OF the Keys
got broken In the lock OF one OF our
boxes, and thought you could tell US
what to do told him and some 9TH
err things too that II he reports to the
house, probably will get the G. B.. but
SIS car fare and hotel bill was more
than care to invest in information OF
that kind"
The doctor said he, too. had fresh
experience every little while. While ne
was practicing In Nextown, there was
a rich farmer that felt sure his mortal
existence was nearing an end. One OF
his old friends dropped in one day, and
said. Squire, how are you todayg
Bout the same, bout the same, only
a few days left And say, Jim, wish
you would do something for me, Man
dy has agreed to bury me down there
in the pasture between those pine trees
and want to be sure It's done. But
she may take a notion to tote me up
to the cemetery, more heightened, and
if you say you'll see to it feel better
for it'll be so nice and cool down there
next summer And Jim promised.
Then to test his stocism, the visitor
remarked, Squire, you'se taking things
philosophically, how do you really
feel. about the journey to the future
world, do you dread it?" Not bit"
said the squire. Only this, Jim. I'd
rather stay here Of course, for I'm
acquainted round here, and don't like
strangers" And said the doc
tor, II can give you his name and
where he lived and died. A week after
this conversation. he took the trip. He
was buried under the pine trees and
has got acquainted with
the strangers by this time,