Show SENT HER A A toting macca hla girl a arn and nearly kioses a tho number of packages left careless lying arcand in nt places in the cita and lost must an fn up into the thousands in tho course of a year according to billy a railway ticket office in a prominent hotel at chicago is the great receiving basin of such truck many of the articles left are found to bo trifles of no account whatever but occasionally it happens that something of value is found billy meece tells the following incident in this connection to a herald reporter ono day I 1 found on my counter a package some one had left and as usual in such cases laid it back thinking the owner would call agabi and claim it as is usually the case but ir thi instance no one came after it had been in our hands about two months my clerk one day suggested that we open t and agreeing the string wag cut and enough of tho exposed to satisfy us two fellows that it was an exceedingly handsome nightgown night gown for a lady the fabric was very fine and the lace upon the front would have made any comans womans mouth water with envy our curiosity satiated the paper was readjusted and the package laid back on the shelf my clerk was engaged to be married his fiancee living down in indianapolis the wedding was to come off in a short time and about two weeks before the time lie said referring to that package 1 I wonder if it would do any harm it I 1 sent that garment to my gul gu L its an awfully bands ame thing and I 1 can write a letter explaining why I 1 send such a present I 1 dont think she would care do llyl I 1 told him no to send it and ho did with a long letter of explanation r got the package all right for abbout the right time the clerk received a letter etwas a stunner I 1 can tell you by one of those mishaps that always occur when they should not she failed to get the letter vuth the bundle her letter was abort but sharp it read what do you mean by sending me a just think of it the young fellow with the best in tensions tent ions in the world of sending his girl a beautiful present bad sent a garment tor dead body I 1 did not wonder she was angry about it I 1 like it myself 0 well she wrote a few lines about it not being much of a joke and about b ad luck land all and wound tip by saying tha was off but the young man have it that way he got leave and down to indianapolis he went flying he squared things all right for I 1 got a from him saying all right we are married bo it rather hurried the matter after all it was a queer accident though and might have proved serious but did not for the couple are living to arether now as happy as turtle doves but I 1 anal a baump a man can not help la who cant tell a comans womans a baroud 3 |