Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-05-17
THE SANCTUM


appears that he met with some triAing obstacles :
THE SANoTUM.
Ar. Lynn While engaged Thurs day morn
ing at Hills Pump partaking of cold COLA
ton, received your orders to accompany the
Picnic excursion to the White Sulphur Springs.
The fact that the 'sterner sex'' would not be al
lowed to go did not affect me, for determined
to flank that. Having borrowed clean collar,
proceeded at once to interview the Principal of
the School. | mounted the steps under bat
terry Of pretty eyes and rang the bell. A fine
looking lady appeared. l asked if she was the
PRINCIPAL She said she was. I said:
~ understand You are about to have Picnic.
I am Railroad Conductor of II years. expert
| ence and have safely carried two million five
| hundred thousand passengers and would like to
| take charge of ~
"My dear sir have nothing to do with the
| Conductor. We charter the train and the Com
| pany furnishes the Conductor"
| | was not discouraged. | walked around the
square, and taking off my disguise of clean
collar and putting tine shorter Catechism and the
| Confession of Faith in my pocket, mounted the
| steps again She said;
| g think have seen you before"
! looked her calmly in the face and swore |
! had never seen her before, and went on to say ::
/ 81 Railroad Conductor of II years expert
| ence and ---'
| HNoiy knoa ! have seen you before. Really
you must 60 away. We have nothing to do
with appointing Conductor. Perhaps Mr..
| Hunter can tell you all about it"
| was a little respondent 1t seemed to me
that there would be some trouble getting on that
train. | went to Mr.. Hunter He was very kind
and asked if there was any thing he could do for
me- / was encouraged. ! sold:
{" am Railroad Conductor Of II years. ex-
perienee and have safely carried 300, 600 pas
| sengers and if this excursion --~---"
| "My dear sir, can do nothing for YOU
Capt. Woodward: one of our most careful Con-
ductors, has been put in charge of it."
"Don't you want baggage smasherY"
He said I must see Capt. Woodward about
| that, and left. | made search for the Captain.
| AS passed Tobscn's store, found him clean
| ing up his revolver. | asked him where he was
| going. He said to the Picnic. ! said they
wouldn't let him. He said he would shoot the
| Principal then. The male mind OF Staunton was
| evidently becoming excited. | couldn't see
| Capt. Woodward that evening, so | was on hand
at the excursion train early next morning. l
| saw them come down Great heavens, what a
| sighti One hundred thousand fresh, beautiful
| School girls, ali in a row | think that was the
number, though was little excited don
| think there ever was as much beauty and youth
combined on earth before. 1t was too much for
| Tobson who was viewing the procession from
the bridge railing. As the last girl passed, he
| wildly waited kiss TO the rear guard and leaped
| overheard.
was still hunting Tor the Captain, when
saw fine looking man get aboard the train.
asked who it was. They said it was an Elder.
Presently some more nice looking old gentlemen
got aboard They were Elders too. had it at
| last got copy of the new collection 81
| Hymns and found Capt. Woodward, and said
III am an Elder of good standing in the Pres
| byterian Church, of seventeen years experience
"Yes,' said Capt W, "but all the Elders
are inn
"But am new one just promoted-and
have sick child at the White Sulphur, and
am an anxious parent.
The Captain slowly closed one eye on me, and
delivered the following address
'sMy friend the train for Anxious Parents will
be along this evening. You'll make money by
waiting for 1t J."
This was discouraging. l took my seat on {
hogshead head to see the train of. 1t was not {
bed of roses. One young lady remarked that j
was such pity couldn't go, "his hair il
parted SO nice in the middle He is just tn
thing for Picnic" and @ be looks SO psRsiFe,
and yes, he must have eaten something tina
disagreed with him. A man, even if he be
newspaper reporter. who attempts to brave 1t gu
with a train full of School girls, would hav
found it cheaper to have died Young. | left tn
depot and came home to write out this report
fully eenz:pced that the reporter that thinks h
can get ahead Of The arrangements fer spacia
and exclusively female tsafns, bas sold himsel
! to delusion and snare.