Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-12-27
ar. Prince, ef Dsnssry. Rises fer tie
Eariy Train.


The early morning train frem Dsnbury leaves
NJ half-psst SIN. This ts very seNsonsble hour
IN the summer. when people are stirring, birds
the negly-sv akened flowers ulling the AR aud
inspiring the senses. Bat in the winter time.
with animal and vegetable life dead. the ar
raw and chilly, the matches mislsid. aud q
gloomy darkness wrapping the face Of the earth.
a. n WIN pail, hall past sin O'Clock O. m. IL .
very unreasonable and dissgreeshle hour, asd
the man who has occasion 90 leave home On
that train may easily be psrdoned the uRessi-
ness unavoidable the day before. Our legal
friend. Prince. received Information Friday
which made h necessary that he shoald he ia
New orb before Saturday noon. He contem-
plated the early start with some misgiving and
BY getting 20 bed early. Some people would
not have thought of this, aud remained IN anal
Their usual hour, and either oversight them
selves, or have awakened unrefre<hed or se
pressed. Mr.. Prince went 20 bed at nine o clock
and got TO sleep about half past eleven. When
ne .woke t vas ~ the earnest solicitation
orously into his back, while Mrs. Prince 'shand.
and Mrs. Princes voice we're otherwise e.
gagged In bis interests. Mr.. Prince jumped up
Prince WAS not able 60 inform him exactly but
Was quite confident by the general feeling ana
looks that u was hard on "a car time. Mr. Prince
snstched MP his clothes AZ this. and hew into the
sittng-room. and straight~sy got into his
clothes, and then. examining his watch, founa
Una. " wss ten minutes past twelve. By
returned TO bed, and, encasing his head beneath
the clothes, preserved q moody silence in an
s~er TO Mrs. Princes Inquiries. IL finally
dswned on that excellent adv tina; the hoay
was too early, and she soon went % sleep. Rat
there was no immediate sleep tor her husband
lie felt gloomy and dissatisfied. aud seemed
weighed down with the impression that he vas
10 miss the train in spite OF all he could 90 60
avert the calamity. lie carefully reviewed his
past life, arraigning himself ss@ student,
lawyer, q citizen and \ husband. 20 see ii there
wss anywhere in hts record an act q word or |.
thought which by the finest ingenuity ooald he
distorted into crime Tor which this los
ing the train might he considered a
htting Judgment. But in vain he went
over the past for such prO.Oeation.
and finally assigning the cause To a dlspen-
sation OF fate none Of us can avert, he. too, fell
asleep. When he swoke again he found Mrs
Princes toes at hrs back, and MR.. Princes
hands on hls shoulders, and Mrs. Princes voice
in his ear. and q vivid impression on his mind
that the train had gone, or that the whistle
would sound before he could get out Of bed Bat
sso% 81 sna am lsS tas sitting room sh
again consulted his watch with an air OF desper-
alton, and asceTtsined that u was just two
time. But it is no matter what he said Hs
skipped back % the bedroom without any loss OF
time, and appeared before Mrs Prince with q
lamp In one hand, and lot of clothes the
other, and with good deal OF fire in his eve.
But he blew out the light in silence, and then
getting back into bed gioomily urged her not 20
do that again or her oficiousness might cost her
pain. The next time he aroused himself. ~
was four O'Clock. This was q little earlier
than was absolutely necessary, but for fear
of missing the train, he remained NJ.
First carefully dressing himself, he kIndied the
ire in the kitchen. and thought OF the excellent
breakfast he Was TO carry with him, while Mrs.
Prince lay and slept. At hslf-pas, seven she
awoke of her own accord, and finding the broad
day light streaming into theswindow, Jumped
mp with sincere regret that Prince had gone
without warm breakfast, and pictured to her
self during the toilet, the aching void he would
carry with him through the streets OF the me-
tropolis Then she thought Of his vesation.
and the tears came into her ewes. And then
she went into the kitchen, and WAS struck mo-
tionless az the sight before her. For there was
Prince with q carpet bag clutched tightly in
one hand, and a roll Of legal documents In the
other, setting bolt upright in q chsir-fAst
asleep, Asfonished and confused hy this spec
tscle, and hardly knowing what she wa doing
MIS-. Prince got the woman in the other part OF
the house TO arouse Mr.. Prince, while she stole
over 10 her mothers TO see about something
DdnbaTg Nstrs.