Evening star., 1911-08-20

was the first report. The second was
that the typewriter was on its way. This
report got along about two minutes be-
fore il was up to me to jump into my
parlor car. So the thing was hopeless.
I stood off and fatuously relieved my
mind about things; sort of foolishness
which never does the least good. even
If Il does slightly help the man who is
in bad. They'd had three hours to send
that typewriter a distance of a few
blocks; and. in addition to the regular
price for tina, little simple service. ] had
tipped the transfer people. the various
members hanging around. to the tune Of
about 81. But they laid down on me all
the same. No typewriter appeared So
| had to get cn the train and leave the
typewriter to work out its own destiny.
Here is the place to explain little
kink about typewriters in their relation
ship to railroads. You can't ship z
typewriter as baggage This has been
the rule OF all American railroads for
many years. The commonest sense Of
fairness calls for the admission that the
railroads are. for once. right in this
feeling they have toward the shipping
Of typewiiters as baggage. They used
to let EN- go as baggage But d lOt of
cheerful grafters Teil TO tie money X
worked ii to death That is TO say.
they'd get a punkerino old typewriting
machine 10: about 81 cents. cover il up
with good case, buy ticket from.
typewriter shipped as part oI their bag
gage. They'd have the bum old ma
chine rugged that il was bound 70
fall apart into one thousand million fraS
ments just soon somebody lifted
IT, Then when they claimed the ma
chine. and found il in that punk con-
dition. they simply had to file a claim
for nice. cute one-hundred-dollar type
writing machine collect the same with
out the least bother. and 90 their way
a-NniSIli flt. tie =
time they needed the change.
For which reason the undersigned has
been compelled. all OF these pNramidns
years. TO pack his Internal old typewriting
machine arouild with him. like a sut case:
and il had half OF the com I've shed
out To station pcrters and Pullman port
eIs for handling that machine during the
past ten years only i know exactly where
I'd go and pick myself out aad buy a nice
little bungalow out Of the increment.
So, l had to leave my machine behind
there in the Atlantic City statcn-that IS.
when il got there from the other station
with nobody responsible for II, nobody
able to check *. nobcdy able to do any
thing whatever with il. In essence, | had
to aband II it. as crew abandons
sinking ship. ! lad TO make New York.
whether the typewriter did not; ana
So for the time. had to leave it to its
fate.
! went 10 bed when ! got 10 New
York being sad and a-ueary q tn sight
y tn sun. Bat the next day. the same
being a-SunGay. | went down T. the ID g
New York station and tried 10 get as
busy as could toward getting a-hold Of
my abandoned machine.
] knew that there'd be 70 use in wiring
to an express company TO go gel the ma
chine and box il up-crate il, that is-and
ship il 10 my New York address. for eN-
pres companies require advance pay
rfeu:s for such things. and there was 70
way ! could think OF 10 slip them the ad
vance payment from New York. | knew
the Daggag emaster at the Atlantic City
end IL ! telegraphed TO him 10 send me-
the trunk. would merely whistle plain
tive air. ard forget IL.
So | wired the chief porter Of the pull
mans attached 70 Z train that would he
leaving Atlantic City that afternoon.
asking him TO go pick w nay machine
and fetch 1t to me in one of his Pull
man cars and | would nix him up hand
sOmely. Then l wired to the baggage