Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-29
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I37E1 The NHafI-Eu arsi,. story.


From London Society.
57s1 The NHasi-Gu ara'- story. "
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Reader, have you ever been obliged to
wait Of a small country railway station
for an early train? If you have not, you
have not experienced the ne plus ultra OF
human misery. But when, as was my
r.tsg case last year, you have left jolly party,
driven five miles to catch the mailat2 a. M.
and found, on your arrival at the station,
not that the train had gone, for that would
be relief but that you had mistaken the
; time, and had got three-quarters OF an
hour to wait, your lot is not an enviable
one. SO thought as | stamped up and
haa down the ilIlit platform, and gazed into
the darkness beyond, which was only
broken by the dim and misty light OF the
distance" signal, some hundred yards
down the line The occasional barking of
s a house-dog alone broke the stiffness, ex-
= z cept when now and then the autumn breeze
y played in a. wailing tone on the tele-
Gs graphic wires overmy head. AsI paced
up and down to warm my feet felt reg
ularly "savagc" that the we'll meant solicit
tations of the company assembled at the
Y YBeeches had induced me to forego that
last waltz with Minnie Cameron, and hurry
to the station. jfA
- / had been staying for the last fortnight
&b Tue mousse Ot u ItldllVt, anu Wudb Will
I'D shooting, fishing, and Unjust confess 1t y
occasionally flirting with the blue-eyed
Minnie the days had passed rapidly and
when recalled to London by my fathers
business-like letter, which limited at some
impending calamity connected with our
firm, l could hardly believe that my leave
had so nearly expired. There was no
help for it, and sol must. My relatives
appeared as sorry as l was when l an
nounced my intended departure, and L
fancy could discern traces of tears in
p Mnnies sunny eyes as babe her farewell
in the hall that evening, bearing with me
u shining tress of her flaxen hair, and a
hasty kiss, as souvenirs of my visit. Oh,
Minnie, Minnie what would that excel
2a lent man, the incumbent, think, could he
have seen the shining token of what l
fancied was your affection for me, lying on
my table prior to it's being committed to
=. the flames, with bundle of old letters,
when lastmonth | heard you were en-
gagged 2"
Under such circumstances as have de-
scribed the reader will easily imagine
was not in particularly cheerful frame of
% 81 mind on the night, or rather morning, In
question. I sauntered into the dreary
waiting-yoom, and, lighting cigar, seated
myself in front of the expiring fire, which
81 was even denied the amusement of STIR
e ring, the authorities having carried away
tuC idClIS my lctt upOu Guo
fender,I lay back in my chair and, as
most men would have done, l began
- to rumininate upon the events of the last
& fortnight and innie !! After a time !
reused myself attempted the reperusal of
my fathers letter, and them fell fast
asleep. How long I slept cannot say
E probably about five minutes, but it seemed
an age, when was aroused by the creak
ing Of the "breaks' of train. | started
up, and rushed blindly to the door, fancy
ing that the mail had come up, when ]
came in violent contact with guard, wht
V was entering at the same moment as wa
making hurried exit.
a"Beg your pardon, sir" said the polite
official; whats the matter?"
81. "My train is going, I think" said ]
"Let me see." '@ .S'a} sfsfa .s.sf7a'
Its only down goods and cattle, sir,
repliedm companion, (which shunts here
The up mail amt due for nearly twenty
minutesyet." n c. fAk
"Conf6und 1t 7" muttered "why dit
it wake me, them" and retui ned to tn
fireplace. .tH
"Cold night, sir" re marked the guar,
as he came towards me. yt4...ts.so ,..4
a7-.!" Yes" said j, "and a wretched fire, too.
I" / think we can mend that, at any rate,
he replied and, leaving the room, he re
turned in few minutes accompanied by
an individual whom rightly conjecture
10 NC VIC StOkeT vi lLG ROOuS tTdlI
carrying a large shovelfll of live coal
which, placed upon the ciaders, soon in
proved our fire, and gavequite cheerf.
aspect to the dingy apartment. ny
sstoker departed Now, sir, that's an in
.aprovement, amt it ?" he added, cheerfull
1T is, indeed" replied i" and al
much obliged to you for procuring tt
Goals"
ro"Don't name it, SIR was the repl
A"0ne must do something when one has
wait you know"
"How long do you remain here, then
u asked. - fEslE> ~ So ~
It'll $40, sir. take up the mail" WI
"Oh, indeed" said /.
s- "Yes, sir. I'm on this job all tn
month" And as he spoke the guard DIRE
pipe from his pocket, and having file
and lit it, he began to smoke in silence.
Shave you been long on this line ?"
asked, after pause. -F1 9et
swell, sir, about three years, and on IL
mail duty, on and off, about one. I'm
reglar man of letters he added with
grin. / Al a ~ Al -
| laughed, and he continued.
a az was nearly choked with a capital Il
ter when was baby. l had letters
my collar when / was in the police.
was made a guard all along of bit of
letter Anu now ain gudIu, LOOKS
ter the letters" Having made these i
marks in q jocular tone, my companit
r gave me q knowing nod, and pulled avn
at his pipe with greater vigor than befol
l was much amused at his rejoinder, al
asked him what he meant by having be-
made guard "all along of bit of
letter"
COY wasn't always guard, SIR he sa
81 was, once in the police, and it "
through being detective as / got to
employed on this line" s-v
a suppose you didn't like the polio
thens" said /. IS a'a SAn 80
lila swell, sir, not much. though at tin