FOI'R OCEAX CITY SENTIXEI,. OCEAN' CITY, X. J.. THURSDAY,

The "Baggage" 1 in the Cab 1 r>o ByAKTHUK Bill WICK. O'HABA | (Copyright) "Y,-." Mild Engineer Martin. n* be finished oiling round <>n tin- a* «lie 1 puffed und panfhl Jn the atdliig. w'altlug f»r the southbound expr>-». "I'w , worked (i>r itrla -company for ten year*. I've only taken on.- lay-off, and I've ■ < "nly ti-en died unci', nrid Unit wn-n't I • fnr tuvrtnokliig order*, r.-. kkfc« _ run- i ■' "in*. or sleeping while -hi duty. hut | h r carrying freight In my yah." i j "iHtfreudln' the corpurntien that turpi- ho* you your bread and/flutter n-it. j Of it* Jtw iluea, rli rkul « t»m I dTJrr " 'mjnr I ■ -i sffi "A —n of t i bHfu'-tlie-liaiid^TTlheapil ynu limine — ' I | I'd never have thought it ..f ynu. Mar t "They muhln't lire a man* fnr th.it i| nnnaiiayv said the Berll.m I—, wlm wa- nil nrrant "dynamiter." a . off. Inl's get to have a r.ii».,:i for tiring . a iiinri lieudf* mil Uklng Id* at}!-." o "It « ii good thing f«r the enniimnltw. tin .' r -iunrkeil C«.iiduet..r W nt-in,. wlm » luiit lately pa-ved thrilgh a mo«t Trying g ~lu v.— ligation." It kee|m Vm from Io»iiie t.uiiiy n g,M.| man." , "I nil- mighty -mr.-l they nil- gotn' |. Ill make up i heir tnluda to h.-e you Iwhin tiny had you an the mrpet Inst tr tnmilh.' ViJyinled Hie englnoek, nlth y, tvviiikll.ig eye*. ~ ,» "Well, unvnay. I hadn't been |oudi*' Ci my caboose with freight." retorfed-the a -v «.nn i leiKiii, n-airinmiiit '

conductor "Wan you mm ln° your household good* In your cah. when they caught you. old man?' "No. tie- freight I happened to he _ carry In' dl.ln't belong to me." he -aid placidly. "It wan the very choicest poaw-mlon of my fireman. Johnny ' Rhode*. "tine night, w hen I wa- liunllln' < lound. getfln' the engine ready on * abort call. Johnny en me to me and Bold: -Martin. I want you to promise mo that you'll carry something to Santa Barbara for me." "'All right," -Hhl I. on relewdy, .going on with my work. 'Remember, I'll hold you to your promise If It taken your acnlp.' he aay*. and then I noticed for the firm time that he wan considerably Btlrrcil up atiout aomcthlng. " "See here, young wan." -aid I. stopping -hurt, -have you been alenlln' and now expect me to belp you smuggle your loot out of town, fhr you?' I anked him. " 'Before Ood, what I want you to carry belong- to me and to no one clae.' -aid he solemnly. "'Well, then. Jump around and H'l your rod cup- and atop thl- nonsense/ I answered, rather cross. for we were late. "*8wear that you'll carry -omeihlD« for me. Martin.' he begged, lookln' Wd-eyed and desperate..' " •Oh. go on. IH do It to get shut of you.' I -aid at last, t "With that, he gsre-ray hand a bonegnuhlng squeeze and rn-hed otr. I didn't lay eye* on him again till we were Jut ready to pull nut. and tliea Til be hl—sed If he didn't help a young woman Into my eal. and Install her o* Ida -cat here at cool as you plea-e. "Right then a#t of gossip Hashed through my mind. Tliere hid been niaors that Johnny had had the nerve to fall In lore with the superintendent's daughter und that the young lady hud something more than Just a faint llklc' for him. "Johnny was a i^ce young fellow, ■teady and Industrious. He showed ■Ighly plain that he rome of good atOek. Of course, he was |*mr. or he wouldn't have been ahovelln' coal on an engine, hut he wae a fine hoy — the best fireman I eTer hid.

"But when I had a look at the young . lady I had to otfn no to myself that ha ( had some excuse m- puttln' our Job* , la Jeopardy, fpr Ml**. Barbara Mayo | was ahont as hand-omc as they make ' i "She was Just ns dark-eyed and ollre- . com pi ex Ion ed r- Johnny was blue-eyed . and sandy. They'll make n mighty , handsome couple. If her father will , only glre them the chance,' thinks I to i myself. ' g "When we slow , d np at Graver. the b'nd hrakeman. who was evidently In the secret, cam- Into the ml. mid .Whispered something- to Johnny that ' made that young man look Vafhcr sick. I "'What's the mutter?" I asked the 1 hind hrakeman. 'Her father Is on the 1 train.' said be. 'And he'- In one of his 1 worst tantrums./ "With that 1 give my pair of turtle- 1 doves tip for lost, and I gue«s thej felt I rny blue themaelvee. for they dung I ' each other like a hrase of mats ways 1 on n desert Island. "** "'Well, dont Jump off the engine/ I said I. 'He can't eat you/ I "He l« going to -tart her nfr to ! Europe with her aunt tomorrow,' -eld 1 poor Johnny mournfully. 'We never 1 will «•» each othe4 again." " "But he can't make her go. If she ■ don't want to.' I said. I "•Oh. he ran! He can" groans ' Johnny. I " 'Why don't you get her aunt to help ' vou out?' I asked him. 'No u«e.' ' Johnny -aid. f^kln' like a chief mourner. 'She's it* much afraid of him aa we are — as you are. Martin, for that matter.' t "Well, he had me t'.ere. for U'a a « fact that we didn't none of us tnkiqpny) I llbertle- with" the superintendent.' I 'Right yon are. -on/ I answered. I "Our next -top was st o<i-ano. and jl as we slowed up I could hear the ■» I •- INDIAN Sl'MMER. IS YET TO COME I "Nothing itirs the' -(illness save u : l»af, that slowly rustles down, ' Dim through sunny mists, the tree up lift- its branches bar* ami brown. 1 Win.!.' arc hushed and slbc are soft 1 and gray «r,d grassy slopes are sere: 1 . ("aim and sweet and still, Ah, cure is '■ •hi*, the twilight of the year." 1 -• 'jl TiiisV- wliat i- coming to Us. ami i - though wr -hiver and hold hard to our j \

. 1 pentiieii.l.iii utakln' his. way to the | "He wn* nvnrly alongalds the engine j when Mi— Mayo aayt: 'I can'l have | I hint find it..- with Johnny; you must t I hid., ii..1.' And -he crouched down on I the floor -f the cah. E "In the twInkUh' of an eye Johnny ; [• covered Iter with ht« long nih|.er ruin i .-out. i c I then ..-I my p...; old can- '| vaa grip ututop of that He was ahovelln' enal for all he was. worth, when the au|.eriiitenil.'iit t-.k.-d lil« lo-ad Into the cut.. "Well, he looked st Ills woul.l he Mitt1 In l«» • back at..! snorted! II-' vm« aehln'.lo find fault, tin lu«ty couhl " Yoh : KSt'C: nl in' up .imiI for dear life. way. Mar 'In? It h-.k- like »»tiic Ctut Now w hat Mm. iv that hufttfle hsrer there In 1 quit- dude.' " 1 1h lliaf - Juvt a lift!- hii. friend of mill.'/ vii 1 'I I. quite lilt. .HI eerned. « ' trlcklln" : II have ■ it ■ ■ I . V'.ii . uli't the flemlv i!> ii w it y with friend's hug gage" I'd kick It out of .the <wh for

ir "U . II lie stormed an.l -tav.vl around iii for full tell minute* and that plucky Ultle girl huddled up under the -ticker. = ■ ,e never mov.il ..r made .. -und. I don't _ ,| believe -lie fell the relief that Johnny f~ .t mel I did When her father finally went y storming hack to the coach. "No. *lr. «he came out from under i* ■ cover, drew u long breath, slralglits ened the In-iit feather* on her hat. aud ,1 set her half to right- at The little mlra ror we ke|.t hangln' opposite the water 0 glit—. a- cool and .omj-c . ,1 aa If -he'd grow ed up In a eat. g "Weil. I -*| use we made as gn.«1 il lime a» u«ual that trip, hut It -eetued r to me that ue crawled along file rails' r like a tortoise. At every stop Su|ierr Intended! Mayo paid us a rail an.l give me a chunk of his mind about my - friend's baggage. ) The young ludy wn* sure game. f She was the Cudett of the three. 1 "Whgn we pulled Into Sqfitu Barbara the hind hrakeman told me that the su f hi- office right off. "'I can -ee our finish.' mid he. j lookln' slek. "Of course I wasn't surprised when r the -uiwrlntendetit handed lor my •valkln' papers, hnt I was mad clear I through. "Johnny and Miss Mayo Inslstxl on me golu' with them to he married, and t after gettin' fired by her father, yon may reckon It was some satisfaction to . me to go. I only wished tluit he had [ half a doxon girls, and that I could . help 'em all elope. I told my wife , that I enjoyed Johnny's weildlp" more . than I did my own. i "The old man was hoppln' mud = when he fonnd out how they bad give I him the slip. "It was nearly two year* Iwfore the i old man made up with 'em. Not until i Mister Rhodes. Junior, come along. I They rive hltn his grpmlpn's fnll ' name. Jatnes Burton Mayo, and that sort qf melted him. He couldn't hold , out against the kid. I "A- -oon as the superintendent took I them bark Into his favor they showed . i their gratitude for my share In their i wcddln' hy worry tu' him till he put me 1 back to work, and I've been uorktn' for thl- road evsr Since." for this rosd

"I'll bet you was pretty cautious about earrjln' extra baggage In your cab for a -pell." remarked the section t who had been an Interested listener. "Wa* -hy about even carrytn' a old with me." arreed Engineer Marcheerfully. "And I wouldn't have toted a runaway bride In my engine cab— not . van I' she was rlopln' with Superintendent Mayo himself." Her Own Version. A little girl In Connecticut, aged two and mhnlf venq^ was allowed to • go to church Chri-lma« Sunday on condition ah* would not talk out load, could Join In the singing. Tb» first hymn happened to be "Joy to the World." sung to "Old Antloeh." She recognized the tune and felt her op portunlty had rome. But the only word* she ii—octsted with that tunc not the words of Isaac Watts. This made no difference, and the congregation was ■•onvulsed to hear a childish voice ringing dear above the voices around her: "There was a In our town, and JEr was wondrous Wis.'. He Jumped /Mo n bramble bush and wrntehed out 'both his eves!" .Especially effective was the reix-it ef the last line when. Instead of hearing: "And heaven, and heaven and nnturu alng." they heard. "And scratched, and »cr» tolled - ."it N^oUv. his eyes."— Philadelphia Public I.edgiT. Knew It Wasn't Safe. Doris had n box of randy on tlo- - ef a hook ease. She would -I d chair to fhc case climb upon It »t. ; get ber candy. When her father too'; forbidden tiarkage from , her and placed It on tin ra-e l«--lde t'lie enndv. j Doris -aid : "No, daddy, don't put M there I'm afraid I will get It." ! | hats, we look forward to the Indian Summer, which come- the latter part of this month. legend lias It that the Indian, noted for hi- procrastination, delayed his hyvc.-t. and then came the cold weather -uddenly down upon him, wherea* he 1*< sought .the (.reat Spirit ■ for a few .'lays more of ' summer •weather, which wa- granted, and hi» : harvest was made in" record time. I j Since then -on- of men hare been ' j granted this reprieve.

THANK FRIENDS Mrs. Jennie Totted, of MO Second -tracts long re- i. lent ..f Ocean. '.'sty. has lieen unite ill and confined to her bed -mice Friday, October 7th. Through the Sentinel Mr. T.itten joins with Mr.-. Tot ten in o\pre<«tflg their I . - •- - • - • - 1^ ;

sincere thaijks to their many friend* d for the numertwn- inquirie-. and for I', the -irk room heing made so rhee/fdj ir with 'the-, many l«auMful reinem- .. hranc-. Mr.-. Tolten i- receiving the * liest rare possible through her si-te'r* r from Ocean City 'uiid Philadelphia. |

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hem) convention • VI t ape May Court Hou-o November I. 1921 The ofith Annual Convention of • the Cape Mav County Sun.lay School A— oriatiou will he held iu the First M. J.' Church at Cape May Court lloii>e. Ttie.-I.iv N'ovenjlier 1. 1P21. There will I*' .a morning, afternoon luncheon will !-• -etvr.1 hi the la.lieof. the Convention SchoolIn the morning' an ad.lrcs* ^rian- : il.g Chil.1 Citizens" will !«• given by . Mi-- I'ranci - M. Hodden, in tlie after- I noon tin- -•■ -ioir will lie qdilre—ed by i the Stole . Pre-ident. Harry T. Jack son. Ot/iei- -peuker- will lie Mis. K. I Kite ami the Rev. Joseph E. Apr pley. In the eveliin g Rev. Joseph E. : Apjiiri will t.dk on "Denominational | Activities." The priuri(ial speaker of 1 evening will le the Honorable Wil- I

liam N. Runvon, of Plajnfield. Newi Jersey. The title at his address will le "America Tomorrow." The presir ilenl of the County Associplion is Oille.t S. Smith, of Avalon. ' t APT. H. W. qiLDRETH BORIED 1 The funeral of Captain Henry W. ' Hihlrelh. who die.1 in this city W«i- • nesdaj aftennmn October .12. took 1 place last Saturday afternoon. Inter- . ' meat was made at Rio Grande In the ' Bapti-t Church Cemetery. The following members of tho Police Force - acted a- pallbearers: Frank Shock,' • G.-oige Seaman. Hazel New kirk. Wil- ■ C. law. ' . Mr. Hil.lretb' was a menilwtr of the , CtfpnrrOti Police Force for IS year*, . and for tho last two years held the I position of House Captain. WC* wa* ' 72 years of age. Born at-Rio Grande. 1 He followed Ijm sea for IS years and I

*• visited practically every large port II in the world, loiter he was in the i- Coast Gufinl Service at Angtese.i, I- holding the position .of captain for som> years. ' He was one of seven men picked from along the "XtfaYttu* I) Coast to represent the government in . the World's Exposition ' at New Or- ' leans In 1884^ , k BIG WEAK FISH r The Wildwood Fish Company. - operating a pound here, have been " catching boatload^ of big weak 'fish '• running from C to 15 pound*. The. - largest weak fish caught by hnolfaau.l ■ line is reported to lie 10 pounds. «t. Banks of the fish company state.1 that " they w-quld operate' just a* long- a- • there were fish. , Isist something? Place an ad in . the SENTINEL and it will be quick I returned.

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