The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-04-28
doesn't the boat 90 at seven,n was tho

| DoeSh tne DOdI go aC SeVen.' was tho
eager enquiry.
20 yes, the boat leave at SEVEN. But
a train of cars on the Hudson River Rail
road leaves at eight. Passengers by this
line arrive at Poughkeepsie before the
boat, which stops for and conveys them to
Albany"
" Are you certain 2" was Mr.. Don't-be.
in-a-hurry's quick interrogation.
so yes" answered the attendant "Se-
veral gentlemen are about leaving to 90
in that train. They are bringing down
their baggagenow. Shall order yours ~
BY allmeans."
The baggage was brought down and
placed npon the coach, into which
Mr.. Don'tbe-n-a-hurry crept and was
soon dashing away for the Hudson River
Railroad Depot-without his breakfast of
course.
In due time the cars started, and were
soon sweeping ahead at the fearful speed
of from forty to fifty miles an hour, which
made our friend feel rather nervous. A
very long time did not pass before, in a
reach of the river seen in advance from
the window of the car at which he his
eyes rested on the splendid boat that left
the city at seven o'clock. Rapidly they
gained upon her and, not long after pass
ing SING-SING, the cars and boat were
moving side by side. But soon the boat
was left behind, and the rattling train went
daShing on with undiminishcd speed.
a shock-a fearful crash-wild screams
of ftcrror-momentary blindness and con-
fusion. Then Mr.. Don't-hc-in-a-hurrv
found himself wcdged in between bro
ken scat and portion of the shattered
roof of the car in which he had been RI
ding, and was soon conscious of q severe
pain in his arm.
There had been a fearful accident. A
swltchtcndcr had neglected his duty, and
whole train of cars, had, in consequence
run off the track, or been broke bv the
terrific conclusion that followed the sudden
check Of speed. Providcntially, but one
or two lives was lost though number
OF the passengers were badly injured.
Mr.. Don't-bc-in-a-hurry escaped with a
broken arm.
The boat that left New York at seven
o'clock, landed her passengers safely in
Albany. Another train of cars took the
railroad passengers back to New York, |
among them Mr.. Dont't-bc-in-a-hurry, who |,
returned, by the evening line to Phila- |
dclpha, suffering most dreadful pain from
his broken arm. lie arrived in advance of
his friend MIR. Hav' v'nt-timc, whose sprained
ancle kept him several days in New York .
And so my two ncighbors, both very
clever and intelligent men in their way,
lost all the pleasure and profit they had
hoped to receive from summers trip of a
few weeks; and this, because one of them
permitted himself always to feel in ahurv.
while the other gave so little regard to the
passage of time that he was generally too
late. And yet, strange as it may seem to
the reader, neither of them was willing to
admit that he alone was to blame for the
disappointment and injury he had sus-
tanned.
ats just my luck" said Mr.. Hav'nt-
time.
And
"Pm sort of Jonah, | believe
said Mr.. Don't-bc-in-a-hurry.
Notwithstanding this, however, the truth
would force itself upon them, and they
could not help seeing, at times, that they
alone were to blame. l hope they have
tried to mend their ways.
Are there any Havn't-times, and Don't
be-in-a-hurry's, among my readers |
shall not be far wrong, if say yes-some
quite as forgetful and others quite as over
thoughtful about the passage of time as
the personagcs introduced in my story.
Well have held before you mirror,
do not, after looking at yourselves, straight
way depart and fogct what manner of
men Tor boys) you are. If my story has
not been very exciting it has taught YOU,
trust, a useful lesson, and this, if it does
you goo,!!, will prove far better than if |
had merely pleased your fancy.