The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-03-18
CHAPTER vi.

/ CHATTER vi. p. ra .l ..
MR.. HAvN'T-TIME RETURNS TO pHILApE1,
PHA WITH A STRAINED ANKLE. r.
If any Of our young readers have ever
been so unfortunate as to sprain an an
kle badly, they will be able to form
a pretty clear idea Of Mr.. Hyav't-times
unhappy condition after his fall. The
pal Of. the wrenched muscles was, for
some moments, excruciating, and he
groaned aloud for extreme suffering. So
soon as his first paroxysm of severe pain
subsidized, Mr.. Havn't-time hobbled back
to the omnibus that still remained on the
stan''. Silently, and with a subdned
manner, he entered the vehicle, and ,ook
his seat, Scarcely had he done so, ere
the driver mounted his box, and started
on his route. He was not over three
minutes, at the most, behind his prede-
eessoB and likely to reach the Astor
House quite as early La.#s ~.......
In his blind impatience to gain these
three minutes what had Mr.. Havn't-timc
not lost? He was in a sad condition on
reaching his hotel. Gradually, from the
time he entered the omnibus, until, with
tho lin, '%sistance of a gentleman pass
enger, he decendeo; .terefrom, the pain in
his ankle had continued to nicc:- cc:-e.s'e' anu
50 dreadfully severe was it when he eiir-
tered his room, that he actually tainted
away.
When the friend came at three o'cL ok |
to drive HIM over to Greenwood, he found |
Mr.. Havn't-time in sad condition. The |
physician called in at the emergency,
knowing the value Of Arnica tincture in q |
case like this, had applied it freely to the |
suffering part, and there was slight pro-
gressive abatement Of the intense pain |
which had returned so soon as the fain-
ting fit was over; but still the patient
was in an agony. |
"My dear, sir, what las happened n
eagerly enquired the friend, on seeing Mr.. |
Havn't-times pale, suffering face. |
"Mcre of my usual ill-uck, p was replied.
"ryYsa YasP asPgaiPseat py lkl ankle I5fssatalTshSs Tshs seu
tence. ".... ' . "
"IIow in the world did that happen Z"
asked the friend. .....,...
; at happened from the stupidity, if not
wilfulness, of one Of your miserable omni-
bus drivers Oh, dear, dear, dear! How
it does pain me! 1t is worse than draw
ing tooth" .'' .'' r'..~ H'rar
ale didn't run over you, surely pr.
"Oh no. He ran away from me, and,
trying, to overtake him, | spraincd my
ankle. He must have seen me. l only
wish rdhad arope around his neck. He
wouldn't have been three seconds in
stopping his horses" rrr. ..,-a a......
Yet, the truth was, the driver had not
seen Havn't-time, or else he wonld have
waited for him. II was his business to
get as many passengers as possible, and
he never thought it any tro, ble to stop
his horses for that purpose, or even to
wait, for a slow walker, what the insid-
els" frequently thought an unreasonable
length of time. No man was more i'm
patient at such delays than Mr.. Havn't
time himself, whenever he occnpied a place
in an omnibus. -.....r... t.... r
No, the fault was not in the driver. II
was in Mr.. Havn'ttime himself And
now he was suffering the consequence of
his own blind impatience. To gain three
minutes, that would have been of no real
value to him, he had lost several days, or,
it might be, weeks; for, of all things, a
sprained ankle is one of the slowest to re-
cover.
you'll be better in day or. two, l
hope" said the friend, trying to offer some
consolation, ... ......... ...............#
"A day or two! o dear! If I'm a.
bic to leave here in week, I'll be thank
full" .... .... Ia.
! "Not so bad as that shall be great
ly disappoihssd If You are not able u
leave for Niagara in two or three days"
"For Niagara! Hump No Niaga
ra for me this year. That's all over"
} And it was so. A week from" the da,
; Mr.. Havn'ttime left home, he returned b
Philadelphia, not able to walk, except b
the aid Of q crutch. ..t,. 49,.
I What had he seenl What pleasur
; had he t&keni Much ofinteligent grat
: fcaton he had promised himsek- k-y'
. none had been received. Whyl Mes
' we answer the readeri Were not h
own impatient temper too constai