14000 MILES 



the end was a joyous major. What a lovely journey, if 

 it was short ! 



Soon after this journey report appeared in the Trans- 

 cript, a long and very interesting letter, also photographs, 

 were received from the finder of the "literature" lost at 

 Palmer. "That man" proved to be two ladies just return- 

 ing from a long trip by carriage, and when they discov- 

 ered the unknown property, they concluded some man 

 had borrowed their buggy, and driven to Springfield the 

 night before, and left his papers under the cushion ! 

 From the character of the magazines, they fancied the 

 "borrower" to be "a clergyman of liberal views, tall, slen- 

 der, an ascetic — we were sure he wore eyeglasses — and 

 on that night was arrayed in a long natty mackintosh." 

 They sent the "treasure trove" back to the Weeks stable, 

 and drove on "shaking the mud of Palmer ofif our tires, 

 and vowing that we would never trust our beloved 

 Katrina Van Tassel to a Palmer stable again in Fair 

 time." 



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