Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-04-25
How Mi. iicecher Lost ills Boots

How Mi. lBcecher Lost ills Boots
The difference between seven and eight
is not very great, orly single unit. And
yet that difference has power over riAnY
whole temper, convenience, and dignity
Thus at Buffalo, my Boots were set out ID
be BACKED. In the morning, no Soott
were there, though all the neighborins
rooms had been served. rang ! Fang
twice. y A pretty hard hotel-nearly 8 o
clock, going out at nine, breakfast to be
eaten, no boots yer" The waiter came,
took MY somewhat emphatic order and Dc.
parted. Every minute was an hour. II
always Is when you are oat Of temper. A
man in his stocking feet, in the third story
Of a Motel, finds himself restricted in lc com.
otion. l went to the door, looked up and
down the hail. saw frowsy chanbermaids
saw afar off the master Of the coal scuttle;
saw gentlemen walking in bright boots, nm
conscious Of the privilege which they
joyed, but did no; See any one coming
my boots. A German servant at ldnkl
came, round and ruddy faced, very kind
and good natured. honest and Stupid. He1
informed me that gentle nan had aiready
taken boots No. 78-(my number.) hl
would hunt him up though, he was brea
fasting. Here was another yexat
Who was the man who had taken my nQ
Der and gone off With my boots ? 81
body had them on warm and nice, end w13S Z
enjoying his coffee, while walked up and
down, with less and less patience, who had
none too much at first. Nc servant return.
ed. rang again, and sent energetic and !
staccato messengers to the clerk. Somd
water had been spilled on the floor. step
ped in II, of course. In wihter, cold
water feels as if it burned you, un.
packed my valise for new stockings. Tina
was speeding. 1t was a quarter past g.
train at nine, no boots, and no breakfsf
l slipped on pair of sandal ru5bers,
large by inches for my feet, and played us
and down as walked along tI,e III,
First one shot off j that aacoFed, ths oth
dropped on the stairs peopI
looked as if they thought n ~
over last nights sores.
1t was very annoying Reached iI
flee and expressed my mind. First,
the bell thres times furiousiy, then rS7
forth himself, met the German Boots, W.T.
had boots rs in his hand, narrow and io1S
I thinking, perhaps, that could wear theul
Who knows but o. had my boots Sou
curiosity was beginning TO be feit among a..
bystanders. 1t was likely that shoifJl
have The hotel inquiting after my boots. i
abhor scene. Retreated te my room. ~
the way thought /, would look at f6o1
US boots. Behold, they were mine -
There was the broken pdl-strap; the patch
on the right side, and the very shape Of my
toe--infallibe signs! The fellow xoh1d7
marked them n and not rs. And all IL
hours tumult arose from just the difference
between and s. | lost my boots, lost Ill
train, lost my temper, and, of course iQal
my good manners. Everybody does, thif!
loses temper. But boots on, breakfast servS
ed, cup of coffee brought peace and good
with The whole matter took d ludicrdu1
aspect. moralized upon that infirmitS
tina; puts mans peace at the mercy Of
Dutchman's chalk. Had he written 78, p
had been good-natured man looking it]
Niagara Falls in its winter dress. He wrote
~, ard idmed, saw only my own falls,
and spent the day in Buffalo!
Are not most of the pets and rubs of life
like this? Few men could afford, to-mots
row, to review the thing that vexed them
yesterday. We boast of being free, yet
every man permits the most arraht trihes
I'd rule and ride him. A NAH that is vex.
ed and angry turns the worst part Of him:
self ihto sight, and exhibits himself In buf>
foon's coat and FOOLS cap, and walks forth I'd
be jeered And yet ones temper does
worse by him than that And men submit
to Ii, nut once, but often, and sometimes ev-
cry day! / wonder whether these sage
reflections will make me patient and quiet
the next time my boots are misplaced?