The Hickman courier., 1873-07-05
Hurry-Uppers.

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other side of the question, and telling
something of the life of a hurry-upper
Ii the "habit of putting off is fright
fully common" the out extreme is
frightfully dangerous. For while a
| slow, easy person usually enjoys a hong
life, one of those go-ahead drivers will
hurry himself into the grave and drive
his friends there before him. For the
last eight years have been daily, yes,
hourly, prompted by such precepts as,
g Take time by the forelock, g Pro
crastination is the thief of time, :" De
lays are dangerous, - Time is money"
etc, etc, by husband who is model
in every respect, except that he is al
ways in a hurry. Some of you may
,s 5fs Eitbb E wiT6ssafy 6hs ST th9 t,f6att
if there is anything else so wearing to
both body and soul as being constantly
hurried, do not know what it is.
Hurry up, hurry up, EN-, it's almost
Z o'clock, time breakfast was ready" is
often the first greeting have in the
morning But long ago learned that
"most o'clock" means from five to ten
minutes after 6, and David always keeps
our clock half-hour ahead of the right
time why, gain still another half
hour, and reckon that the real time is
only half-past 5. do protest against
the idea of gaining time by having the
clock too fast. When our clock is ahead
of time I am always thinking, Well,
the clock is too fast, I need not hurry
so; and 1 go a little slower, and then,
am too late, when, If the clock had been
right would have planned accordingly.
Now, hope no one will think I am
one of the put-ofSers, for / am not.
never am late to church, and in my
school-days l used to pride myself on
my punctuality-wou go term after
term without getting a single tardy-
mark-never used to miss train of
cars, though [ never had to sit an hour
on the hard seats in the depot waiting
for train, as / have sometimes done
since David the hasty became my guide.
Shall I ever forget the last time we
went to visit grandma? ? 1 am certain
the hurry and worry and excitement of
that one trip must have shortened the
span of my earthly career by some hours
at least.
was in very happy frame of mind
that morning, thinking how pleased
grandma would be 10 see as, and how
she would admire baby Bennie. her only
grandchild, and whether she would
agree with me in thinking it best not to
cut his gums to let the little teeth
through, etc. With a great many such
things running through my mind, was
very leisurely getting Bennie ready for
.his bath, stopping to admire his dimpled
So .klders. and give him a hug and kiss,
called MP tils stairs, " Emma, how near
are YOU ready? 1t is time we were of. .
Now. I knew better. I knew the
train did not leave for a good hour at
least. but somehow, when David gets in
one of his hurrying fits, it is always
contagious, and in few minutes l was
flving around the house at a rate that
was a caution to all slow folks.
Bennie's bath, of course, must be
omitted. 1 would only have time to
wine off his face and hands little,
which. of course, he resisted with all
his force of fist and foot. A regular
bath in his bath-tub he always enjoys,
but wash-ragl he'll fight it to his last
breath. Under the circumstances / did
not wait to put much of a polish on the
chubby cheeks, but hurried his clothes
on. and, to keep him out of mischief,
seated him in the middle of my nice,
clean bed. He must have something to
amuse himself, anything to keep him
still. I thought, as 1 crowded the cover
tight in the pomade jar, and handed 1t
to him, greatly to his delight, for 1t was
a new plaything.
Bennie disposed of, hurried to get
myself ready. I had just taken down
nv hair. when another call came from
below, g Come, En-, hurry mp ? Now,
Nature has given me a switch only a
ward and quarter long, and thick pro-
portionateIy-not like a chignon that
can be pinned on at a moments notice
but with shaking fingers, for the hurry
was already beginning to tell ON my
nerves. 1 twisted it up in about two
minutes, and was hurrying on my
clothes, when again from the lower re
pions came call, "Why, wife, wha
are YOU about a? You surely viii be left
do hurry !" Oh, wasn't that exasper
ating When every nerve and muscl
7 possessed were strained to the utmos
. in my efforts to move fast, to be told t.
hurry" My emotions were undls
cribable, but certainly my strongest de
: sire was to get my fingers aroung tha
! mans throat, and, if possible, to chok
off, for five minutes at least, that eYel
lasting hurry up"
L A noise from Bennie attracted my a
"a tention, and turned to him to find til
/ little mischief had taken the cover Q
y the pomade jar, and with his little fl
II gers had taken ont dabs of pomade al
= spread them all over the counterpart
'r pillows, and everything else within b
reach. Never nl1nu, We muoO ASe "
u now to fix things, for just then can
az another call, "Do hurry, En-; are "
y never coming ?" and I hurried doV
&c stairs, wiping Bennie's fingers as wei
VI and we hurried into the carriage, al
u the horse hurried to the depot at a rs
siI that sent people flying across sire
no crossings, for David always viii keep
Is horse that goes like the wind; he ca
an wait for slow horse.
- When we reached the depot 1 tire
!, =, bled. so that Bennie's heavy wele
- - fairly dragged me down, but we W.
s there in time, surely, for no train ca
,ur for forty-fve minutes. Weary manu
US u, they were to me, for I was ashamed
lne 1 my dirty baby, and tears OF vexat
Gu would come into my eyes when thou
'n' of the room left in such dlsoro
j. when there was plenty of time to m
Der it neat and tidy.
col And yet, my dear, old, kind Davi
me. am already conseience-smltten TO 1f
T.. NJ his hay