The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-01-13

How Mr.. and Mrs Prince Passed an
Anxious Night.
From the DanhurY NeHH

How Mr.. and Mrs Prince Passed an
Anxious Night.
From the Danbury News.
The early morning train from Dan
bury leaves q $50. This is q very
seasonable hour in the summer, when
people are stirring, birds caroling their
melodies, aud the incense from newly
awakened flowers filing the air and in
spring the senses. But in the winter
time, with animal and vegetable life
dead, the air raw and chilly, the match
es mislaid, and gloomy darkness
wrapping the face OF the earth as il
with a psll, $50 o'clock A. NJ. is very
unreasonable and disagreeable hour.
and the man who has occasion to leave
home on that train may EASILY be par
doued the uneasiness unavoidable the
day before. Our legal friend, Prince,
received information on Friday which
made it necessary that be should be in
New York before Saturday noon. He
contemplated the early start with some
misgiving, and determined to make the
best preparations for it by getting to bed
early. Some people would not have
thought OF this, aud remained up until
their usual hour, and have either over
slept themselves. or have awakened
unre'reshed or depressed. Mr. Prince
went to bed at nine o'clock. and got to
steep about balf.past eleven. When
be awoke it was at the earnest solicita-
ton OF Mrs Princes toes. which were
digging vigorously into his back, while
Mrs. Princes hands and Mrs. Princes
voice were otherwise engaged in his in
te-ests. Mr.. Prince jumped up at once.
and inquired the time, which Mrs.
Price was not able to inform him exact
Iy, but was quite confident by the gen.
eral feeling and looks that it was hard
on to car time. Mr.. Prince snatched
up his clothes at this, aud few into the
sittipg-room, and strsight-way got into
his clothes, and then examining his
watch, found that it was ten minutes
past twelve. by crsckey," said Mr..
Prince, and Immediately returned to
bed, and incasing his head beneath the
clothes, preserved moody silence in
answe, TO Mrs. Princes inquiries. 1t
finally dawned on that excellent lady
that the hour was too early, aud she
went to .leep. But there was no imme-
dia,e sleep for Der husband. He felt
gloomy and dissatisfied, and seemed
weighed down with the impression that
be was to miss the train 10 spite Of all
he could do 10 avert the calamity. He
carefully reviewed bis past life, arrsing-
ing himself as a student, a lawyer, a
citizen aud husband, to zee if there
was any where in his record an act,
word, or q thou ght, which by the finest
ingenuity could be distorted into a
crime for which this losing the train
might be considered fitting judgment
But in vain be went over the past tor
such a provocation, and finally assign
ing the cause to dispeusation OF fate
none OF us can avert, be, too. fell asleep.
When he awoke again he found Mrs
Princes toes at his back, aud Mrs.
Princes hands at his shoulders, and
Mrs Princes voice in his ear. and a
vivid i'm preston 90 his mind that the
train had gone, or that the whistle
would sound before he could get out OF
bed. But he arose and hurried into
the sitting-room with show OF inter-
est, and drawing on his clothes again
consulted bis watch with an air Of
desperstiop, and ascertsined that it was
inst two o'clock. He didn't cay By
crackey p this time. He skipped back
10 the bedroom without any loss OF
time, and appeared before Ms Prince
with a lamp 10 one hand and lot OF
clothes 10 the other, and with a good
deal OF fire in his eyes But be blew
| out the light in silence, and then get
ting back into bed, gloomily urged her
not to do that again. or her ofticlous-
meas might cause her pain. The next
time he aroused himself. 1t Was four
o'clock. This WAS little earlier than
was absolutely necessary, but Tor fear
o. missing the train he remained up.
First carefully dressing himself, he
kipdled the Gre in the kitchen, and
thought of the excellent breakfast that
ne was to carry with him, while Mrs
Prince lay aud slept At hslipsst
seven she awoke OF her own accord,
and flndiug the brosd daylight stream
ing 10 to the window, jumped up with
sincere regret that Prince bad gone
without q warm breakfast, and .pictur-
ed to herself during the toilet the sch>
ing void be would carry with him
through the streets OF the metropolis
Then she thought Of the ve1stion, and
the tears came into her eyes. And
then she went into the kitchen. and was
struck motionless at the sight before
her, for there was Prince, with carpet.
bag clutched tightly in one hand, and
a roll OF legal documents in the other.
sitting bolt upright in a cbair-tast
asleep. Astonished and confused at
this spectacle, and hardly knowing
what she was doing, Mrs. Prince got
the woman in the other part OF the
| house to arouse Mr.. Prince while she
stole over to her mothers to see