The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-24
SHIPPING \ SKELETON.
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 "You're tie biggest fool that ever came into this station" You've ht it right, pard. I en- tered college ten years ago, and I'm a ! freshman yet I've been turned back with nine classes. I was to have been 1 graduated with the class of 'O4 Now 1 am at the foot of the class of IA"
 "Oh. give us a rest, I've something to do besides chinuiug with an idiot ] There's your receipt, I'll put the box on the next train that comes along, at l2:OJ. That's an hour"
 Isn't there a train before that timer"
 "No."
 At this point a carriage was driven up to the passenger entrance of the station. and pr. Bidwell, president of Merton college and pr. Arabella Cax- ton. president of the wOman's college of the same institution, alighted. The agent, who had charge of both the pas senger and freight departments, was ! proceeding to the ticket office when MT. Smith stopped him and said:
 See here. old man; don't talk about that skeleton I'm shipping These two 1 prcNys- were opposed to the sale, and | they might not like to see 1t go."
 "Oh, | mind my own business" re piled the agent and went on his way, whRe Mir Smith put himself out of sight among the boxes in the freight | house
 "Huye you seen anything" pr. Bid well asked the agent of a young man and a young girl going off on any of the traius%'
 "No; l haven't" was the laconic re ply.
 Dr. Bidwcll turned to Dr. CaIton and remarked. Do you suppose they have gone from the upper station"
 "They may" replied Dr. CaytOn. "Whcn does the next train pass" the agent, was asked At I2:uI.'
 After u consultation the two presl- dents decided that Dr. Bidwell should go to the unner station and Dr. CaxtOn should remain and watch the 12:O5 train. Other college officials were talk , ing care of other routes. pr. Bidwell drove o1'. leaving his colleague in the waiting room When the 12:O5 train came along the agent wheeled MT. Smiths box on a truck to the bag gage car. and it was lifted inside.
 "Corpse:" asked the man on the car.
 "No: skeIctOn'
 Mighty heavy skeleton" Meanwhile Mr Smith, when sure he vas not observed, swung himself on to the rear platform of the last car of the train
 When the train was receding in the distance aul President CaXton was leaving the station Mr. Smith made his way to tine baggage car and saw that the box rested in a comfortable pO- sftiou for it's contents till Hallowell vas reached, then superintended Its removal into the freight house of that SLNtI#A. NHalat- ANt lgglSs AS SlS+ASN the box and handed out as pretty structure or. bones with appropriate flesh as had ever been shipped by that or any other railroad
 Can yon direct me" he said. Ito parSou"
 "Ccrtafuly." suid the astOnished agent. "YouW Gnd one right under that spirc you see over there" point ing. "The parsonage is next the church"
 The girl. student of the woman's college of tue university, clung to NIT. Smith. whose real name was Jim Ste veus. a sophomore, and the two hur- rfoI to the yiprgyman's house and were there united in the bonds of mat rlmouy.
 That ended the curriculum of both Mir Stevens and his wife as college students The affair created consider able coumotion in the mems and wO- mems colleges. and the faculties of both institutions seriously considered the separation of the two on the ground that thev furnished too favor able opportunities for eIOpcments.