Jones is a traveling salesman. He is sent on a trip by his firm. Having a few minutes to spare before the train leaves, he adjourns to a nearby café for something to drink. He stays longer than he expected and the train leaves, carrying ...See moreJones is a traveling salesman. He is sent on a trip by his firm. Having a few minutes to spare before the train leaves, he adjourns to a nearby café for something to drink. He stays longer than he expected and the train leaves, carrying his grip with it. He goes back to the café and stays quite a few hours. His firm receives a telegram that the train carrying Jones' grip has been wrecked and that the grip with some of the firm's cards in it was found next to the dead body of the man. The firm wires instructions to send the body back to Jones' home and plans are made to give him decent burial. Meanwhile, Jones returns home and goes to sleep. His friends arrive, bearing funeral offerings and prepare for his interment. In the midst of these lamentings and wailings Jones awakens, and, after some of his friends have regained consciousness, explains that be missed the ill-fated train. Congratulations are in order and the funeral services being adjourned until Jones is more in need of them, all is serene, with Jones thinking of his narrow escape. Written by
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