New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

though. he should carry in stock. rs |
90. tlrle-. with each item he said:
-WG'-yr'er that for an order.
When finished had one of those orders
which the manager himself would feel proud
20 land
Such am order Is a mighty nice thing; but
o. no valoe If the man is not responsible, II
be has DO financial standing | rushed over
20 the little hotel barrOom, and asked the
bartender. who was also proprietor. II he
knew this Macdonald who was building the
store. knew what he was worth.
Hes go. q farm all his own that's worth
twenty thousand dollars. and he has over
fifty thousand dollars in the bank, was the
reply.
Tina. was the best piece Of news could
learn After awhile | was introduced TO two
Scot farmers. one of whom was the Sheriff,
and accepted their invitation TO ride the
MN. miles to the railway station with
them
After the three of US had climbed into the
one sea. 81 the heavy express wagon the
driver told me that there was corpse IN the
back If the wagon underneath the covering.
The brother of the man he had worked tor
had died. and he was taking the remains TO
,ho h..s's old homestead. From this the
tl. o. the Sheriff and the driver duttcd TO
many dismal tales about funeral trans,
morning cries. and wailings that they had
herd: then tales of haunted houScs, etc.
All the stories of ghosts that they had ever
known seemed 10 come crOWdlng upon their
RI. Elections. and along with this droWSy,
dreamy influence seemed TO pervade the
t.-. atmosphere. We had Travelled several
...I.S down the road. and 1t was beginning
get dark. The men continued their tales
a. strange sights and dolcful happenings,
until | suggested that We change the sub
ic,t. They al once agreed.
Wen start a change OF subjects with a
.p of this old Scotch, said the driver as he
pulled "a flask from his pocket.
We an took a sip out of the bottle; then
the driver. turning round until he faced the
corpse, said:
~Wiu YOU have sip, old man.
II don't mind If ! DO, came reply, as
... figure rose 90 q sitting position.
In the scramble out OF the wagon my coat
. caught ON the wagon box. The two
others DISAPPEARED down the road. Oh, the
error, of that moment ] was scarcely able
breathe. Blythe time had worked myself
realized that the supposed corpse was
~. else than the man that had gwen me
beautiful order When ! asked him
lat an this meant De told me that when
men were in the hotel he had taken the
-p-c ont of the wagon and got in himself
r Joke. II was easy to see that the
rn was mentally unbalanced. Then the
lights of all the time ! spent on that
.-.cr and that 1t amounted TO nothing
..rcl me SO that ! could hardly resist
ing the fellow good trouncing.
! made the man sit on the scat. and then
.-ovc To- the next farmhouse When ! ar
.cl | found the driver and the Sheriff.
The latter Immediately handcuiicd the man,
and told me that when ! reached town
could collect the reward of one hundred dol
lars that was offered for the capture The
man had escaped from an insane institution
SIX months before He burned several build
.ugs in the county and always managed to
c,adc arrest.
The nest day when ! saw the real Mac
donald | found tina, another man had re-
ccivcd the order Wc'l-thc reward soon
dissipatcd nay disappointment.