Jack in Civilization 119 



him to the baggage oar and there left him, 

 with orders there to remain until we 

 reached our stopping - place, and then I 

 would come for him. So good was he that 

 he was never tied up in the car. He well 

 knew what was expected of him and cheer- 

 fully obeyed. At the different stations 

 where the train stopped to let off or take 

 on passengers and baggage, Jack would fre- 

 quently jump out on the platform while the 

 baggage men were busy with the trunks or 

 other luggage. But he never got left. In 

 some way or other, he seemed to know when 

 it was his duty to spring in the car again. 

 He was very obedient to my orders to wait 

 at the baggage car until I would come for 

 him. This he always did, with one notable 

 exception. Then he disobeyed orders most 

 decidedly. But before you court-martial 

 him, or even censure him, listen to the story, 

 and then see if you would have found Jack 

 guilty. 



Mrs. Young and I, with Jack, were com- 

 ing up from Trenton to Toronto on the 

 Grand Trunk Railway. Jack as usual was 

 put in the large baggage car, with orders to 

 remain there until I came for him. Mrs. 

 Young and I were in the last car of the 



