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Show I A BAGGAGE SMASHER He. wcn th ttoricii of Contactor Tom Topa and kind? McTourM, KiekM by Bandy MoToupnl's friends, on frets n pretty good Idea of Bandy' rcmarVnble rdventuro with n volco, or, in bandy terroi It, with tlio tloUI In a Mi. Tom Pot Is conductor And MoTongal Id luggage matter on tho Air line which rnns from tlmAtlintloocoan to Mho lnlddlo of Jixt vctk m "Jloft natonUlifu tltin, thnt hunt of t RanOy'i fur n nice," laid U10 conductor. tLo other nfglit "UinnhP sruntM Hndy, "that may bo)ernayot look In nt It, but I cnll it dlgfrtn for thu ilovil, nnd flndiii lilm " "Aro yon poing to tell thii torjr' la quired th condnrttr "Not hy a long cliftlk," 2IcTotiffil nn wrrcd. TlicnTom nnrralM, nn J 1 cry prettily too, lior ho and Bandy wtro tranftrrl to night mm In August lut, and hor 1only tho liAggigo mm linninn iNfuufa liowiu cut ott fn m fillow tnlUtcu to h fttoriri nnd oITrr lilia tlnn. "You nllern f niolM einf Tmn, ln!cr mptcU Bandy. "I don't smulc, jo ltnow.1 "I till get 11 gootl many jofTi thnt Way III mlmit," wtd tho conductor. "They wcro ntxiut thd only Ihlntf ftnudy mrt-t gaio tliat I could tct uuy light out "Are jou telling thU Btoryr ulccd McTougal. "If w, tell it." Hffli hTtfctf "Smily wa lonrly nnd mlccrnl !, HH ' :i f continued liU friend. "oUvly tnlkctl mM ! p to him or garo him a ij a After for not W&M f f miuhlng th.t)r baggage, 10 lio took to B ' brown ntudicaand naj U twcea atAtlotif. Bfl I Tho night of his toIco bnaiiKaa" 'SH J ) "I)oil, I tell ou,N crlcn Bandy iBw ffl 1 abmritly. GHK m- 2 "Waa ncrowdtdoiic," continue Tope, Ht m wUliont noticing tho !i tcrmi tUiu "Ilia TMM Hi I car waa jim full of luggag." hS m- it "And tho more trunka Bandy haa 011 fll K t board the croawr ho get. Thcro ruaa H IHs I camp mooting on n ai itch-oil track, ami FBI U at i'10 junction I jitckcil up a lot of nob- (Bl fll V. br tmsuiiircrs who cro lenrlns for )ffiHflS D other iilaccs of amtiftcmcnt, and thcro 1KB Bl j wm n0 cn ' trunkB." IBB flff p "JIcTougal cot thlnr Into hnpo HEH Bfi r alout 11 o'clock, I rfckon.and Mtlnjrv'n Bw Bh) a l"11 f '10 rnu v l1(,ro 1' ft pikj nonr IBB WByJ betwpen ctatlotia ho got ready for n BB Bftl anootn Uo tJck d ont tho aof Ut trmik JKm IBkI In tho l Uo cn which to l Illow Ma lira, INK 'llpS' tiltpi1 1,ncV hl' clintr i1 hU teH on 1,l Kflu wifl! ronnda, pullfdliU hat oir hia fttco and BBj ffiyn wcnttodlfcp llow'mlkU.Mail" Bit m& ''Quito kotrcct, responds tho bag- w nJl cago matter. BH J i' "Very will t then you tell It for aw litle. KkI ff ' V ' wniii't there, you know " KbJ Q tii "U t11lIllt H" "1 V if ! ,l lmi "P O V fl inoru'nminuto,,'tMglna thud), "win 11 IBI H ft thcro waarilhuly jump of thoc&ran I .(ffil r aortof tomotollfo with Jerk. At tho I W9 ll-i nmo tinie I heerd, n if ' ay oft", ft notto ink HI) liko aome ouo a-tnlkln. Hut I thought I WW ft tuoaa brnkdnnn )mttldo,nii waa jca IrF 'fl a-dozin off again whin right nt in) far, PH. IP ritfi In a thin, aharji voice, tu thin raid, 'Oh, tstft" m Lord!' Mr a J H "I ain't no fool, I ain't, Bandy oracrta, Br I 5'Y throwing back hU head ilifliutlyt"an Bl ' W' vrlien tint tin whlr romea into my f$k JliSfi t ar l Jea half opiiifd my e-iMVptin Vw ! )' toacoaonioof thobojanround. Hut not ig Mil j a llvln thing wn vtntble. bo I aaid to ivV I Blji m)aelf, 'I anoreil; that'a whntatho mat- mm. WH ' er nn ' KKi n no'n nu droumin. B jjpj X f "Then agin Iheathatoico, Uaia Bl Sili quite distinctly, I want to get outl'1 Imt mr "Now, I wnn't u bit mWtnkm UiU C Kit ' T.rI time. I lioonl it. lint 'font I rmild lrefc I Kb ' j h my wlta together thcro Niuu)clliouiid ijralf ) 4 tu'nnyiiff. i l S m. lisl'i " That'a my death call,' anya I to my- L$m j -' elf. imtantly railing to mind fiWa VH i ?1 whohadluartllikoa)undanu wcrodead MfR If 'J. Inlcui'nnwiHk. Then laui atom) elf, 1 InB r " "Sandy, don't lw n fooll' an jumps to my I '- fll- I " tvc M iJo ftVUlku ns l om 110W' TK j t W "It was a vomnn'e aimauk, nnd I itk Y could lmo awvrntolt. Then it aung W 11 -? out in tin trumi.t atilot ' m 1 1;) miiil helpP (t Ik 11 ' "lhauladovor tho tool chcit, nntho t utU' H ' water Imrrel, nnd the niiboird in tho , j ifiajj i1 i corner, an lookwl ont ou thoplatforma I !ffij iiii an did oct) thin a mnioulddouudur l'''llfflr Ih I tho clrcumitnncca, toilnlout what sai I liU J it Ji n-inakiu of thitt fasa. I went to thu I Xfl rI aide door toiool m)iilf,nuwiun fannin J, Iw1 1. ,' V' tny faco when, bluico met If I dldnt liliEt Iftf 4 hearnconiet alart off with tho Roua' I k t !r ' March,1 and n gruit olio folk r it ithi yv(iB hi ' '"In the midtt of life wo aro iu IlLtIIj if'! dcath' liCffc lip "Ijankcd my heal round, nndlln't ft i i ' t B0 ntlt'J'n t"ut nan't thcro Iwfuro. itr? i lt ' TllIlt twn,w ,no off iny l,m5 Tn,u ft ki1 J, ji V rootter crowed, nn a fillir with 11 cold Kg V ; " 1' I10l(0 counted leu forwurd rnd fcS .J then backward, on another cum, with n SLm i l' u bullfrog oice, ordend uio: VnkoupI nPit ill n 1 tho lo 11 wanta sou!' You necdut iyn laugh, gcntleium.wheu Ilelljou I runt jj.' 5l r( t anro'djoulf jen'd bun thar. Iwaa ' , Y li Ct rtam tnu ci 'iai co mo for mo l.ito 4 l but auro-an I didn't watt for him to V a j i ask for my ticlit." i K p y Tom 1'opo nt this point broko Into u t fm I ' itintoiiau laugh, j'jb j p "If, gcntleimn, youd acn Banly t 'J j . eoiuo fljlng iuto tho tar whtro I was , j I! 4itting,ouwould tiuer fctopUughlug j You may not Ullo o it, but hi brown j ace waaaa whito a jour thirt front. i ind hla c)ca wcro m big ua Ulllanl bulla, lio dadiotl down tho uUIj und whlajwra In my cur? luml Toial CouJowlIaor,, "What tlw matlcr, llacf I Md WhfttaUajour "Tom, tho doTlle Inmycnr, He'a lwn ftiuttin np fur half an hour, mi nn mt crazy. If j-ouYe my friend comowlthmrr "He wnn t dmnk lcnne h doKn't drink. Itwawi't rellglow cnthuaiann bccaune Bandy had no religion. I aV ment Ullevol ho meant whathoMlL and that lie had teen cilletl for. 1 gol j tip in a hntry ftnd folloivcl hira. 1 hadn't morn tlwn got Intlde tin Mjgni(o car whin from Among thi trunka something aung out, Khnt thai door nnd pull dnxrn our iftl "Aindy wanted to fight, then, con tlnueilTom "Itodanoed arounl thai car like n prlxo fighter In the ring, vntl' thtMolcocrlod outqultolotil: 'Dainna Hour 'IVhawr I aaid to Bundy, 'Tim ft n boxed np (Hirrot' M "An then thu yarmt told you yoi 1IM Mtcrteil McToukal c n aayi Tom, cheerfully. An.l then you ajid do juu remem ber what ou Rill ir "N'o.Mtck, but wasn't I at) otirii.lt when wo got Into tlw neat coachaaeo ond lateT "Wo camo tack with two braVcmeu,1 McTougal rnnnrka, continuing. ' Oni of them 1 rakeinc n looked on tep of tlu 1 car an undtr It an In it. II" atuck to 11 1 that thcro was n Mntrllorjutit about, but gavo thnt fdeo up when ho couldn't find lwlxjdr. "Wo flung thora trunka right an 1 left In n lirelyil)Ie,Nolend IV'pe. "lmi not n thing did we discover no human living rr dead thing not a place from which the hoUo tame Wawerepus-tlod, Wawerepus-tlod, )ounmy belierej and if tlieaeaub ad atoptTil thro tho roid might have WArthonaeil that ennch, for corallntail man wonl 1 haro triireleil In a tar that waa haunted, Ilut tho end earn. Whlll wo wero looking In each othem' facta, and tight nod lu being 1 locked In thil tort of wa),tl'MuU ipoko nftaln. II aai 1 tcry diitimtlyi 'Let mo outl I am dyhjr tlylngr "It w aa under in) arm, tho 1 olco ww Handy exclaims, "In a big trunk that had como from camp innetlng. I aung out for Jako to run ff r n doctor, If there wan 0110 on tho train, an Tom an mo put that trunk on tho floor aagintlyiUll 'twas gla, Twaa light inuugh Wi thought the oor thing inunt bo almost a aktlcton. I got hold of tho aledge hammor. ,Kwp up jour courige, inaarnT I ahouted, 'un well luivo )ou out in a jiffy ' ' "You ahould have mn Bandy at thai moment," aaya Voo enthusiastically. "Ito looked n hero, every inch of him. lie gave that luiinmor four sweeping swings. Crathl craohl Itlpl tiarl Oil camo tho top, and it was llnng clean ncroaa tho car. A pilo of light, fleecy stun followoil. A doxen fucm IoAihI anxltiimly iuto that trunk, expecting to see tho body of a dying or dea 1 woman. Baud) aecinedboaidohlmailf with anx lety, "Wocrowdcd around tho trunknnd the dKtor knelt down tioaldo It. Ho pulbnl out a lot of rnga very carefully, run his arm down on a prospecting tour, lifted up a gnat wnd of cotton, took a good long look under It, rwo to hla feet nnd began to curre cvrybody and call 'cm a packet fools, rheu ho chanjjttl his time and K-gan to laugh, I asked him a little angrily w hat ho waa making auch a fuu alxnit, nnd if ho proiioacd to take out the body "'Ilodyl Wlyl ha, ha, ha, hat bee here, gentlemen! and ho toKW-d out the ! cotton from tho trunk, show Ing a fut ny ' 1 xklng machine at tho bottom 'This Is I Ktrlngfcllow'a phonogrni h that he'a had dow 11 to camp meeting,' tho doctor al 1. lltt took ono of IMiion'a concerns aul ringed it up so as to go by clockwork, Tao sinking f tho car act it In motion, It'ti lcen n pcatlu,;, parrotllle, 1 uly what was told to It 1 y tho saints and sinners. 1 Viry stint Us ytl BCO I won't chirg ou nnyihlug for my Ilt, conductor. Ugod night,' and o(T ie went. Sandy, our friends hr ro want tq know how that droAin of ) oura o cr that trunk ended." j ' Oh, they do-do the)? Wal, gentlemen, gentle-men, I ha 1 to juiy the cent of that trunk, nn trunks ctut In theno times. It took a J month anlar) to do It, which Isn't coin plimentary to the road. 1 learned no lcMon If 1 acr want ter open any man's hvgago in futuro 1 11 mn.h It iu professional style." Iu. D. M. iu Kow VorkKiwa. |
